Read the following article by N. R. Kleinfield from the New York Times, It's Root, Root, Root, but for Which Team?, and answer the three questions below: What cue words are used in the article to signal similarities and differences?

How does this article/story compare with my own experiences?

What details in the passage show comparisons and/or differences?

Part 2 - Submit this part to your instructor for a grade.

Using the information you gathered in Part 1 and thinking about the article you read, choose one question below to answer. Your answer should be approximately a paragraph in length.

Compare and contrast Yankee and Mets fans according to the article. Which details from the article are stereotypes of each type of fan, and which are backed up by demographic facts obtained from a poll?

Discuss how participation in sports can be both beneficial and detrimental to a young player.

Choose two other rival sports teams, and compare and contrast the fans of these rival teams. For example, you might choose to compare and contrast the fans from two local high school football teams. (This is all in good fun!)

Which sentence from exploring the titanic best indicates the author’s enthusiastic tone at the end of the passage? now, finally, i went to my bunk to get some sleep. when i awoke, it was nighttime, and the good ship knorr was steaming quietly and steadily to our home. they had paid a big price over the years during my long months away from home, but they’d never once complained. as we came into port, i couldn’t believe my eyes.

Choose the correct type of literary text for the statement. if both types apply, be sure to choose the answer that includes both types. use(s) imagery? 1: poetry 2: poetry and prose 3: prose

Read the excerpt from rena's promise: two sisters in auschwitz. “i have a favor to ask of you, andrzej . . this is very difficult for me, but i must ask. it is no longer safe in tylicz for rena. her mother and i are worried for her safety every day.” “i heard what happened last night, mr. kornreich. i understand your concern.” “i have no money to pay you for this favor.” “sir, i would not take any money from you. she is my friend since childhood. i will do whatever you ask to your daughter.” “ you.” papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. “you seem like a man of your word. if you would bring rena across the border to slovakia, her mother and i might find sleep at night.” which best summarizes the excerpt? although he does not trust andrzej, rena’s father fears for his daughter’s life and finally agrees to leave her with him. slovakia is the only safe place for the jews of europe, and andrzej has agreed to take rena there. rena’s father asks andrzej to take her to safety in slovakia, and he agrees to do so. after much deliberation, rena’s father pays a polish man to take her safely across the border to slovakia. mark this and return