WorksheetsUnit 3/Section 1 Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why does Elizabeth Keckley use 'dark' and 'light' imagery to explain incidents in her past?
She wants to build sympathy for slave owners.
She does not want to accuse everyone in the South of being bad.
She uses a well-understood metaphor to communicate with the reader.
She knows that people are scared of the dark as children and can relate.
Which of these IS a claim the author makes about slavery in the Preface of Behind the Scenes?
It can take a long time to change public opinion about laws and principles.
Slavery was only bad for the slaves who had cruel masters.
Rather than dwell on slavery, people should think about the future.
Slavery is wicked and should be eliminated by any means necessary.
What are "principles?"
Leaders of a school
Stars in a play
Common beliefs that guide behavior
Feeling that are easy to establish in the masses
Why did Keckley state that there is a "bright side" to slavery?
She had fond memories of childhood
She knew that slavery accomplished more work than immigrant labor
She knew that slave owners were not psychically strong enough to do labor
She wanted to present her writing as fair and not accusing the white South
Why should you read answer choices WORD-FOR-WORD?
Answers may contain a small word that changes the entire meaning (such as not, only, always)
Answers may sound correct because you remember them from the text, but they do not answer the specific question
Answers contain academic vocabulary that requires testing in order to strength your usage
Answers may contain two or more thoughts from the text that are actually unrelated
When answering a written response question, it is important that you...
Use the RACE strategy
Make sure that you understand the gist of what the question is asking you for
Reread for clarity before submitting
Answer with or without text evidence as long as the response to the prompt is correct
What should you do on an A/B question if none of the evidence in Part B support your choice in Part A?
Go back and revisit the other choices in Part A
Select whichever evidence seems to fit Part A even a little bit
Reread the question to Part A and take more time evaluating what exactly the question is asking
Choose Answer C, because there is a 1/4 chance that will be correct.
What is the BEST way to answer an A/B question?
Read the question and then the answer choices to see which one sounds best
Read the answer choices before reading the question
Read the Part A question and answer it yourself before looking at any answer choices
Always choose answer C, because there is a 1/4 chance it will be correct
What do you think the author's attitude was toward the Overseer in "The People Could Fly" when he couldn't catch Sarah?
The author felt glad that he could not catch her
The author felt angry that he could not catch her
The author felt sad that she flew away without her baby
The author felt shame for the way slaves were treated
What do the texts Behind the Scenes and "The People Could Fly" have in common with each other?
Both talk about what it was like to be a slave
Both think that slavery was wrong and mean
Neither judges slavery as good or bad
Both follow the life-spans of slaves and their owners
