Lesson Example Discussion Quiz: Class Homework |
Quiz In Class |
Title: Text Structure And Purpose |
Grade: 1300-a Lesson: S2-L3 |
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Quiz: in Class
Problem Id | Problem | Options |
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Archeological excavation of Market Street Chinatown, a nineteenth-century Chinese American community in San Jose, California, provided the first evidence that Asian food products were imported to the United States in the 1800s: bones from a freshwater fish species native to Southeast Asia. Jinshanzhuang—Hong Kong–based import/export firms—likely coordinated the fish’s transport from Chinese-operated fisheries in Vietnam and Malaysia to North American markets. This route reveals the (often overlooked) multinational dimensions of the trade networks linking Chinese diaspora communities. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole? |
A) It explains why efforts to determine the country of origin of the items mentioned in the previous sentence remain inconclusive. B) It traces the steps that were taken to locate and recover the objects that are described in the previous sentence. C) It provides information that helps support a claim about a discovery’s significance that is presented in the following sentence D) It outlines a hypothesis that additional evidence discussed in the following sentence casts some doubt on. |
2 |
Early in the Great Migration of 1910–1970, which involved the mass migration of Black people from the southern to the northern United States, political activist and Chicago Defender writer Fannie Barrier Williams was instrumental in helping other Black women establish themselves in the North. Many women hoped for better employment opportunities in the North because, in the South, they faced much competition for domestic employment and men tended to get agricultural work. To aid with this transition, Barrier Williams helped secure job placement in the North for many women before they even began their journey. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text? |
A) To introduce and illustrate Barrier Williams’s integral role in supporting other Black women as their circumstances changed during part of the Great Migration B) To establish that Barrier Williams used her professional connections to arrange employment for other Black women, including jobs with the Chicago Defender C) To demonstrate that the factors that motivated the start of the Great Migration were different for Black women than they were for Black men D) To provide an overview of the employment challenges faced by Black women in the agricultural and domestic spheres in the southern United States |
3 |
The following text is from Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale. Mr. Verloc is navigating the London streets on his way to a meeting. Before reaching Knightsbridge, Mr. Verloc took a turn to the left out of the busy main thoroughfare, uproarious with the traffic of swaying omnibuses and trotting vans, in the almost silent, swift flow of hansoms [horse-drawn carriages]. Under his hat, worn with a slight backward tilt, his hair had been carefully brushed into respectful sleekness; for his business was with an Embassy. And Mr. Verloc, steady like a rock-a soft kind of rock-marched now along a street which could with every propriety be described as private. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined phrase in the text as a whole? |
A) It emphasizes an internal struggle Mr. Verloc experiences. B) It contrasts Mr. Verloc with his surroundings. C) It reveals a private opinion Mr. Verloc holds. D) It qualifies an earlier description of Mr. Verloc. |
4 |
The following text is from Sarah Orne Jewett’s 1899 short story “Martha’s Lady.” Martha is employed by Miss Pyne as a maid. Miss Pyne sat by the window watching, in her best dress, looking stately and calm; she seldom went out now, and it was almost time for the carriage. Martha was just coming in from the garden with the strawberries, and with more flowers in her apron. It was a bright cool evening in June, the golden robins sang in the elms, and the sun was going down behind the apple-trees at the foot of the garden. The beautiful old house stood wide open to the long-expected guest. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text? |
A)To convey the worries brought about by a new guest. B)To depict the setting as the characters await a visitor’s arrival. C)To contrast the activity indoors with the stillness outside. D)To describe how the characters have changed over time. |
5 |
The following text is adapted from Charles Dickens’s 1854 novel Hard Times. Coketown is a fictional town in England. [Coketown] contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours, with the same sound upon the same pavements, to do the same work, and to whom every day was the same as yesterday and tomorrow, and every year the counterpart of the last and the next. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text? |
A) To reveal how the predictability of the town makes it easy for people lose track of time. B) To explain the limited work opportunities available to the town’s residents. C) To emphasize the uniformity of both the town and the people who live there. D) To argue that the simplicity of life in the town makes it a pleasant place to live. |
6 |
In the Here and Now Storybook (1921), educator Lucy Sprague Mitchell advanced the then controversial idea that books for very young children should imitate how they use language, since toddlers, who cannot yet grasp narrative or abstract ideas, seek reassurance in verbal repetition and naming. The most enduring example of this idea is Margaret Wise Brown’s 1947 picture book Goodnight Moon, in which a young rabbit names the objects in his room as he drifts off to sleep. Scholars note that the book’s emphasis on repetition, rhythm, and nonsense rhyme speaks directly to Mitchell’s influence. Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text? |
A) The text outlines a debate between two authors of children’s literature and then traces how that debate shaped theories on early childhood education. B) The text summarizes an argument about how children’s literature should be evaluated and then discusses a contrasting view on that subject. C) The text lists the literary characteristics that are common to many classics of children’s literature and then indicates the narrative subjects that are most appropriate for young children. D) The text presents a philosophy about what material is most suitable for children’s literature and then describes a book influenced by that philosophy. |
7 |
The following text is from Herman Melville’s 1854 novel The Lightning-rod Man. The stranger still stood in the exact middle of the cottage, where he had first planted himself. His singularity impelled a closer scrutiny. A lean, gloomy figure. Hair dark and lank, mattedly streaked over his brow. His sunken pitfalls of eyes were ringed by indigo halos, and played with an innocuous sort of lightning: the gleam without the bolt. The whole man was dripping. He stood in a puddle on the bare oak floor: his strange walking-stick vertically resting at his side. Which choice best states the function of the underlined sentence in the overall structure of the text? |
A)It elaborates on the previous sentence’s description of the character. B) It sets up the character description presented in the sentences that follow. C) It establishes a contrast with the description in the previous sentence. D) It introduces the setting that is described in the sentences that follow. |
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The following text is from the 1923 poem “Black Finger” by Angelina Weld Grimké, a Black American writer. A cypress is a type of evergreen tree. I have just seen a most beautiful thing, Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text? |
A) The speaker assesses a natural phenomenon, then questions the accuracy of her assessment. B) The speaker describes a distinctive sight in nature, then ponders what meaning to attribute to that sight. C) The speaker presents an outdoor scene, then considers a human behavior occurring within that scene. D) The speaker examines her surroundings, then speculates about their influence on her emotional state. |
9 |
The following text is from Charlotte Forten Grimké’s 1888 poem “At Newport.” Oh, deep delight to watch the gladsome waves Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole? |
A) It portrays the surroundings as an imposing and intimidating scene. B) It conveys the speaker’s ambivalence about the natural world. C) It characterizes the sea’s waves as a relentless and enduring force. D) It draws a contrast between the sea’s waves and the speaker’s thoughts. |
10 |
The following text is from the 1924 poem “Cycle” by D’Arcy McNickle, who was a citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. There shall be new roads wending, Which choice best states the main purpose of the text? |
A) To consider how the repetitiveness inherent in human life can be both rewarding and challenging. B) To question whether activities completed at one time of day are more memorable than those completed at another time of day. C) To refute the idea that joy is a more commonly experienced emotion than sadness is. D) To demonstrate how the experiences of individuals relate to the experiences of their communitie. |
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