PART 2 - Text-Dependent Analysis DIRECTIONS:
• You are about to begin PART 2 of the Language Arts
Benchmark
• PART 2 is a Text-Dependent Analysis.
• You will use evidence from the passage(s) to support
your essay.
• Enter your essay in the space provided.
DIRECTIONS:
The Text-Dependent Analysis (or TDA) prompt will ask you to
analyze the passage(s) and use evidence from the passage(s) to write
your response.
For the TDA response:
• Be sure to read the TDA prompt carefully.
• You should look back at the passage(s) to help you write
your response.
• You may not use a dictionary or thesaurus.
Authors use word choice to develop tone. Write an essay analyzing
how the author of "The Uninvited Houseguests" uses description in
the passage to create tension. Use evidence from the passage to
support your response.

According to the article, what is the author's point of view toward rebellion in adolescence (i. e. good, bad, necessary evil)? cite evidence from the text in your answer. (source is rebel with a cause: rebellion in adolescence)

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me