“He had told her he would be back in a few minutes, and then he had gone downstairs and found the candy store closed.”

“Had they known that he was Andy or had they simply known that he was Royal wearing a purple silk jacket?”

“‘A Royal, huh?’ he said.”

“Guys get cut all the time in rumbles.”

Freddie doesn’t want to get in trouble with either the Royals or the Guardians, so he feels conflicted about whether or not to help Andy.

Freddie wants to protect Angela from Andy because he knows the Royals are dangerous.

Freddie feels guilty about leaving Andy, so he will get help once he and Angela get home.

Freddie doesn’t think Andy is hurt that badly and knows he will be okay.

By alternating points of view throughout the story

By starting the story en medias res

By manipulating time through flashbacks and foreshadowing

By slowing down time with lots of descriptive imagery and Andy’s internal dialogue

“Why, they're afraid of the Guardians, Andy thought in amazement.”

“He had been stabbed ten minutes ago.”

“He could remember sitting in Laura's house one time, the rain running down the windows, and just looking out over the street, watching the people running from the rain.”

“He rolled away from the jacket and lay quite still, breathing heavily, listening to the sound of his breathing and the sounds of the rain and thinking: Rain is sweet, I'm Andy.”

“I never turkeyed out of a rumble with the Guardians. I got heart.”

“He could remember how happy he was when the Royals had taken him.”

“If he never did another thing, he wanted to take off the jacket.”

“The boy's name was Andy and the name was delicately scripted in black thread on the front of the jacket, just over the heart.”

“‘That's for you, Royal!’ the voice had said.”

Shifting to Laura’s point of view shows how angry she was at Andy for leaving the dance.

Shifting to the cop’s point of view shows how Andy was perceived by others.

Shifting to Laura’s point of view shows that another person understood the importance of Andy’s individuality.

Shifting to Laura’s point of view shows that Andy survived his attack.

It parallels Andy’s pain immediately after being stabbed and his peace just before dying.

It personifies the rain to show that Andy wasn’t alone.

It reflects the change in setting.

It helps to show how much time has passed since Andy was first stabbed.

Dance

Fight

Conversation

Dinner

Changing the weather from rainy to clear

Changing the time of day from night to morning

Changing the location from New York to Atlanta

Changing Andy’s relationship status

“Guys get cut all the time in rumbles” and “I wasn't afraid of the Guardians”

“He lay on the sidewalk, bleeding, and he thought only: That was a fierce rumble. They got me good that time, but he did not know he was dying.” and “He felt all at once as if he had never done anything, never seen anything, never been anywhere.”

“He wondered if Laura was dancing, wondered if she had missed him yet.” and “ She left the dance to look for him, and when she found him, she knelt beside him and said, ‘Andy, it's me, Laura.’”

“He could remember how happy he was when the Royals had taken him.” and "Oh, it's a Royal."

Her resourcefulness

Her ability to be her authentic self

Her nobility

Her efficiency

“ The old lady carried an umbrella with broken ribs, carried it like a queen.”

“She did not hear Andy grunt because she was a little deaf and because the rain was beating on the cans.”

“She collected her string and her newspapers, and an old hat with a feather on it from one of the garbage cans, and a broken footstool from another of the cans.”

“She had worked quickly and soundlessly, and now she was gone”

He makes fun of Andy for laying in the street.

He thinks he’s helping Andy by not calling the police.

He jokes that Andy is as drunk as he is.

He offers Andy a drink.

Dishonest

Changing

Welcoming

Threatening

The speaker and America exist in conflict.

The speaker has become fully accepted in America.

The speaker is humbled to be welcomed in America.

The speaker feels supported by America.

The speaker has experienced both good and bad things in America, and thus remains conflicted.

The speaker despises America and has decided to speak out about their bad experiences.

The speaker has a love-hate relationship with America, but ultimately believes America will correct itself.

The speaker hates and has lost faith in America and believes that it will fall apart.

“Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, / And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth, / Stealing my breath of life, I will confess / I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.” (Lines 1-4)

“Her vigor flows like tides into my blood, / Giving me strength erect against her hate” (Lines 5-6)

“Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state, / I stand within her walls with not a shred--/ Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.” (Lines 8-10)

“Darkly I gaze into the days ahead, / And see her might and granite wonders there” (Lines 11-12)

The speaker is uncertain about his future in America and about the future of America.

The speaker believes he knows nothing about America, and there is no hope.

The speaker cares about the dark skies in America, and how the storms affect the people.

The speaker is fearful that the things he sees will damage his spirit.

It highlights how people are often opposed to going through difficult situations because they feel defeated.

It shows how America is a war zone that takes strength from people and causes them unnecessary stress.

It emphasizes the hope he has to persevere through the challenges he faces when America treats him badly because he sees the good in America.

It shows how people are unwilling to change and grow when they are faced with an unfamiliar experience.

The uncertain relationship between animals and humans

Extreme difficulties and challenges

The way that America bites its citizens

The breathlessness of a person who has been bitten

The father-daughter team, accompanied by friend Mark Regier, made it to the top of El Capitan on the evening of June 12 after four and a half days of big wall climbing.

"It was all hard. There were a few times where I would be sore and tired and sunburned, and that would kind of get me going a little bonkers. But overall, it was just great to be up there away from the world."

El Capitan and its difficult Nose route, which runs up the center of the rock's face, is considered one of the world's harder big wall climbs and has attracted the best climbers since it was first scaled in 1958.

She climbed the Nose using a combination of aid and free climbing, utilizing special equipment and ropes for protection.

Her parents, Mike and Joy Schneiter, fell in love on this 3,000-plus-foot granite monolith.

Mike Schneiter called it a "full-circle thing" Friday, June 14, while driving home to Colorado with his daughter.

The father-daughter team, accompanied by friend Mark Regier, made it to the top of El Capitan on the evening of June 12 after four and a half days of big wall climbing.

She first touched a boulder when she was 3 days old and wore her first rock-climbing harness shortly after she learned to walk.

"She was just so upbeat, positive, strong, helpful — being awesome," Mike Schneiter said.

She climbed the Nose using a combination of aid and free climbing, utilizing special equipment and ropes for protection.

Outside magazine called her the youngest documented person to climb the Nose.

Selah's mom, who was home with Selah's three younger siblings, is super proud of her eldest child's accomplishment.

It describes how incredibly rare it is for someone so young to be able to complete such a difficult climb.

It foreshadows the problems Selah would face while both free and aid climbing the Nose route of El Capitan.

It compares the challenging climb Selah achieved to the difficult relationship her parents had to endure.

It introduces the idea that Selah's climb was a significant accomplishment inspired by her parents' love story.

“She worked really hard for this.”

“But overall, it was just great to be up there away from the world.”

“El Cap just feels like it was part of our family story.”

“Selah said she first dreamed of climbing El Capitan when she was 6 or 7.”

“Selah’s feat captured national attention.”

She is confident and selfish.

She is down to earth and humble.

She is anxious and overwhelmed.

She is proud and arrogant.

Hiking trail

Journey

Large rock

National park

The author uses climbing vocabulary and hiking knowledge.

The author does not use any rhetoric to inspire or motivate her audience.

The author uses statistics and numbers about climbing El Capitan

The author uses stories and emotions from climbers who have done the hike.

A 10 year old girl climbs a 3,000 foot mountain with her dad and is one of the youngest climbers in history to do it.

A man climbs a large mountain with his daughter and it was very challenging for his daughter but easy for him.

A 10 year old girl dreams about climbing a mountain by herself from a young age but isn’t prepared enough to do it.

When she was 10 years old, a girl climbed her mountain on her own and now is looking back and writing about her experience doing it.

“Selah said she first dreamed of climbing El Capitan when she was 6 or 7.”

“El Capitan...is considered one of the world’s harder big wall climbs.”

“Ken Yager, president of the Yosemite Climbing Association, told The Bee he couldn’t think of anyone younger who has done it.”

“It doesn’t take necessarily a super special person to do something like that.”

The author’s tone was celebratory for Selah’s accomplishment.

The author’s tone was resentful because they were jealous of Selah’s accomplishment.

The author’s tone was concerned since Selah is so young.

The author’s tone was mocking because they were making fun of Selah.