Exam 6: Illustrating

Theresa Sanchez sat behind me in ninth-grade algebra. When Mr. Hubbley faced the blackboard, I'd turn around to see what she was reading; each week a new book was wedged inside her copy of Today's Equations. The deception worked; from Mr. Hubbley's point of view, Theresa was engrossed in the value of X, but I knew otherwise. One week, she perused The Wisdom of the Orient, and I could tell from Theresa's contemplative expression that the book contained exotic thoughts, guidelines handed down from high. Another week it was a paperback novel whose title, Let Me Live My Life, appeared in bold print atop every page, and whose cover, a gauzy photograph of a woman biting a strand of pearls, head thrown back in an attitude of ecstasy, confirmed my suspicion that Theresa Sanchez was mature beyond her years. She was the tallest girl in school. Her bouffant hairdo, streaked with blond, was higher than the flaccid bouffants of other girls. Her smooth skin, plucked eyebrows, and painted fingernails suggested hours of pampering, a worldly and sensual vanity that placed her within the domain of adults. Smiling dimly, steeped in daydreams, Theresa moved through the crowded halls with a languid, self-satisfied indifference to those around her. "You are merely children," her posture seemed to say, "I can't be bothered." -Bernard Cooper -How does each of the author's examples explain the paragraph's main point? List the main examples from the paragraph, and explain how they are related to the topic sentence.

What do you think is Lynn Peters Alder's main point in her paragraph from "A Century of Women"?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -When I read of the troubles in Palisades Park, New Jersey, over the proliferation of Koreanlanguage signs along its main commercial strip, I unexpectedly sympathized with the frustrations, resentments, and fears of the longtime residents.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What example does Lebron point to as a sign of America's progress?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What condition did Terence Crutcher, Keith Scott, Tamir Rice, and Philando Castile share?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -The narrator is raised in a

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The narrator likes to take care of her mother's possessions after death because it makes her feel __________ to her mother.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Which feature necessary to plan for one's life is lacking for black Americans?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The founders of America are a key reference in this essay. Why does Lebron rely on a historical source like this? Does this make his essay stronger or weaker? Explain your answer.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -The ability, then, for black Americans to be rational citizens is really upside down and inside out, yet we are perpetually counseled to patience and understanding, and in some ways that seems the least rational thing to do.

Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph. She was the first wife of any president to hold press conferences, to speak before a national Party Convention, to write a syndicated column (it appeared in 135 papers six times a week), to be a radio commentator. She was able to use the office of the First Lady on behalf of the causes she believed in, rather than let it use her, and in so doing she became, in the words of the columnist Raymond Clapper, the "most influential woman of our times." Doris Kearns Goodwin (about Eleanor Roosevelt) -How does each of the author's examples explain the paragraph's main point? List the main examples from the paragraph, and explain how they are related to the topic sentence.

Most illustration paragraphs are organized from _________ to __________.

How are most illustration paragraphs organized?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What subsequent example does Lebron point to as a sign of America's lack of progress?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -These words indicate an essential American ideal: freedom, in particular, the freedom to cultivate ambition over a lifetime and see it to fruition without undue interference from other citizens or the state.

What other rhetorical mode is similar to illustration?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -My mother scolded me for aping his speech, and the one time I attempted to make light of hers I rated a roundhouse smack on my bottom.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -If she was never quite fluent , she gained enough confidence to make herself clearly known to anyone, and particularly to me.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Why does the narrator "loathe" going to market with her mom?

A century ago, the average U.S. citizen lived to be 48. Now we live to an average age of 76-thanks in large part to medical research. Pharmaceutical companies do an excellent job in research, and they increased their research spending from $2 billion in 1980 to $20 billion in 1998. But we can't rely on them for basic research efforts. That's why funding for the National Institutes of Health, which does basic research that can benefit us all, is so important. Its funding has doubled in the last 15 years-to $15 billion. But while $15 billion is a sizable sum, it is inadequate when compared to what we spend on legalized gambling ($638 billion), alcohol ($95 billion), and cigarettes ($50 billion). Two-thirds of Americans agree that funding for medical research should be doubled, according to a poll taken recently by the nonprofit advocacy group Research! America. -Paul Simon -What main idea do you think Simon is trying to communicate in this paragraph?