Making Connections Between Texts

What does Nanticha Ocharoenchai in “Nanticha Ocharoenchai: Climate Activist” have in common with the author in “Nurturing Nature”?

• Compare

• Contrast

Which of the following helps the reader determine a comparison?

• differ, similar, unlike, however

• same, compare, contrast, alike

• similarities, same, compare, alike

• somewhat, however, similarly, difference

How is the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the selection “DO Look Down!” unlike the space shuttle Endeavour in the selection “A Massive Mission”?

• Compare

• Contrast

When making connections, we want to make ___________ connections.

• Surface-level

• Deep

• Loose

• None of the above

The difference between a deep and surface-level connection is...

• A surface-level connection is something in common whereas a deep connection helps us to understand a text.

• A surface-level connection helps us to understand a text whereas a deep connection is something in common.

• A surface-level connection does not actually connect two ideas or texts.

• Surface-level connections are only text-to-self, whereas deep connections include text-to-text and text-to-world connections.

The Complete Maus and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank are both memoirs. This is important because it tells the reader that the events depicted are real.

Identify the type of connection made between the two texts in the above statement:

• Character

• Genre

• Author

• Main Idea

Both texts share a historical __________ and are focused on WWII. The experiences of the Art Spiegelman’s father and Anne Frank are both driven by the actions of Nazi Germany.

Identify the type of connection made between the two texts in the above statement:

• Author

• Genre

• Context

• Purpose

One _________ of both texts is to persuade. In the Complete Maus, Art Spiegelman persuades the audience to consider the ongoing impact on WWII on refugees who fled Europe. Similarly, Jane McAdam persuades the reader to put pressure on political leaders to help climate refugees. In reading both of these texts, I was continually positioned to agree with the author. Identify the type of connection made between the two texts in the statement above:

• Genre

• Context

• Purpose

• Character

Thanos from Avengers: Infinity Wars reminds me of Wilford from the from Snowpiercer. Both are villains, but believe that they are sacrificing others for the greater good. They both feel that the means justifies the ends.

Identify the type of connection made between the two texts in the statement above:

• Character

• Genre

• Main Idea

• Structure

In the painting The Scream by Edvard Munch, the ______ reminds me of Lamb to The Trial by Franz Kafka. It is extremely dark and there is a feeling of claustrophobia.

Identify the type of connection made between the texts in the above statement:

• Genre

• Tone

• Context

• Purpose