Text-dependent questions
directions: for the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences.
1.
part a: which of the following best states a theme of the story?
sometimes you don't fully appreciate something until it is too late.
always embrace change, or you will live with bitterness.
hold strong to your traditions and stand up for them.
d. war only brings pain and loss.
part b: which paragraph from the text best supports the answer to part a?
paragraph 1
paragraph 14
paragraph 20
paragraph 31
b.)
3
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in paragraphs 9-12, how does the description of the setting contribute to the mood of the
story? what does this tell you about the town's attitude toward the announcement?
4.
explain the figurative language in the following quotation from paragraph 23. what is the
purpose of this comparison? "for that day monsieur hamel had prepared some entirely
new examples, on which was written in a fine, round hand: 'france, alsace, france, alsace.'
they were like little flags, waving all about the class, hanging from the rods of our desks."