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English, 09.04.2021 05:20 fanny63

Read the attached and answer the multiple choice questions. Link for passage: https://www. csmonitor. com/The-Culture/2019/0717/This-writ er-s-job-Get-young-people-to-see-po etry-everywhere

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1). Read the following paragraph from the section "Igniting Poetic Ambition."

"There are many, many people who will say Naomi changed their lives because she came into their classroom when they were in third grade and she told this kid that he or she could be a writer,"she adds.

What is the main reason why the author includes this paragraph in the article?

A). to indicate that Nye has been a teacher of young children for many years
B). to show that Nye aimed to changed the lives of young people by teaching them to be writers
C). to explain why Nye decided to start writing poetry for the students in her classroom
D). to explain how Nye affected the lives of many young people when she taught them writing

2). Read the two sentences from the introduction of the article.

"And through it all she's been able to be an amazingly prolific poet, and someone whose workhas only gotten deeper and more intense.”"She has never lost that sense of wonder and possibility about poetry as a force for change."

The two sentences develop a key concept of the article by .

A). describing how the poetry of Nye has changed and developed over the years
B). showing that the main purpose of the poetry Nye writes is to force people to change
C). explaining some reasons why Nye was recently chosen as the young people's poet laureate
D). describing how the poetry Nye has written has affected the young people who read it

3). Which answer choice BEST explains why the author wrote this article?

A). to make an argument that children and young people need more exposure to poetry
B). to show that a liberal from a stereotypical conservative state can become a successful poet
C). to introduce a new type of poetry in which the focus is on small details and quiet moment
D). to present some insights into the newly chosen young people's poet laureate and her poetry

4). Read the following paragraph from the article.

This focus on the seemingly minor, mundane details of everyday life – coming from a woman who has had far from an ordinary life – forms the soul of both her writing and teaching. Every life is extraordinary, she tells you, and by slowing down to see the details you can see how. To write, you don't need a big idea, she often tells classrooms.

How does this paragraph support Nye’s point of view?

A). It describes the types of words she uses in her poems.
B). It describes her upbringing and cultural values.
C). I describes why she thinks she became so successful.
D). It describes her outlook on life and advice for others.

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