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Title: Text Structure And Purpose

Grade: 1400-a Lesson: S2-L2

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	The following text is from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1910 poem “The Earth’s Entail.” No matter how we cultivate the land, Taming the forest and the prairie free; No matter how we irrigate the sand, Making the desert blossom at command, We must always leave the borders of the sea; The immeasurable reaches Of the windy wave-wet beaches, The million-mile-long margin of the sea. Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
2	Hint	The details and facts help to draw the main idea of the passage.
3	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
4	Choice.A	Choice A is incorrect. This doesn’t describe the overall structure of the text. The speaker never argues that we should not interfere with nature. Rather, the speaker says that we are able to tame many different kinds of land, but we are unable to tame the sea or beaches.	The speaker argues against interfering with nature and then gives evidence supporting this interference.
5	Choice.B	Choice B is incorrect. This doesn’t describe the overall structure of the text. The speaker never describes our cultivation, taming, and irrigation of land as “temporary.” Rather, the speaker says that we are able to tame many different kinds of land, but we are unable to tame the sea or beaches.	The speaker presents an account of efforts to dominate nature and then cautions that such efforts are only temporary.
6	Choice.C	Choice C is incorrect. This doesn’t describe the overall structure of the text. The speaker never describes our cultivation, taming, and irrigation of land as an “admirable” approach to nature.” Rather, the speaker says that we are able to tame many different kinds of land, but we are unable to tame the sea or beaches.	approximateThe speaker provides examples of an admirable way of approaching nature and then challenges that approach.
7	Choice.D	Choice D is the best answer. This best describes the overall structure of the text. In the first half of the text, the speaker describes our attempts to control nature: cultivating, taming, and irrigating different kinds of land. In the second half, the speaker states that we can never tame the sea or the beach."	The speaker describes attempts to control nature and then offers a reminder that not all nature is controllable.
8	Step:	Correct sentence	The choice that describes the overall structure of the text - The speaker describes attempts to control nature and then offers a reminder that not all nature is controllable.
9	Answer	Choice	D
10	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

The following text is from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1910 poem “The Earth’s Entail.”
No matter how we cultivate the land,
Taming the forest and the prairie free;
No matter how we irrigate the sand,
Making the desert blossom at command,
We must always leave the borders of the sea;
The immeasurable reaches
Of the windy wave-wet beaches,
The million-mile-long margin of the sea.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

Hint

The details and facts help to draw the main idea of the passage.

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice.A

Choice A is incorrect. This doesn’t describe the overall structure of the text. The speaker never argues that we should not interfere with nature. Rather, the speaker says that we are able to tame many different kinds of land, but we are unable to tame the sea or beaches.

The speaker argues against interfering with nature and then gives evidence supporting this interference.

Choice.B

Choice B is incorrect. This doesn’t describe the overall structure of the text. The speaker never describes our cultivation, taming, and irrigation of land as “temporary.” Rather, the speaker says that we are able to tame many different kinds of land, but we are unable to tame the sea or beaches.

The speaker presents an account of efforts to dominate nature and then cautions that such efforts are only temporary.

Choice.C

Choice C is incorrect. This doesn’t describe the overall structure of the text. The speaker never describes our cultivation, taming, and irrigation of land as an “admirable” approach to nature.” Rather, the speaker says that we are able to tame many different kinds of land, but we are unable to tame the sea or beaches.

approximateThe speaker provides examples of an admirable way of approaching nature and then challenges that approach.

Choice.D

Choice D is the best answer. This best describes the overall structure of the text. In the first half of the text, the speaker describes our attempts to control nature: cultivating, taming, and irrigating different kinds of land. In the second half, the speaker states that we can never tame the sea or the beach."

The speaker describes attempts to control nature and then offers a reminder that not all nature is controllable.

Step:

Correct sentence

The choice that describes the overall structure of the text - The speaker describes attempts to control nature and then offers a reminder that not all nature is controllable.

Answer

Choice

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?