RL.LCS.12.2
Description:
Analyze and critique how the author uses structures in print and multimedia texts to shape meaning and impact the reader.
Analyze the author’s choice of structures within the text and draw conclusions about how they impact meaning.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
5A
Exemplars
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
H-7
H-7
Grade level: 8
Word count: 1853 words
Author: Karen Berman
Synopsis: An immigrant takes a grueling voyage to improve her life.
Excerpt:
Sheyna was apprehensive as she boarded the ship, noticing that it looked bigger than her entire village! Beautiful ladies in feathered hats and gentlemen with walking sticks were boarding on another gangway. They were traveling in first class, which was for rich people. Her third-class steerage ticket entitled her to a bunk in a large room far below deck, where hundreds of bunks were stacked four high and her fellow passengers' possessions were crammed into every corner.
Question:
How does the author highlight the poor conditions experienced by third-class passengers during their voyage?
- by contrasting them with the privileges of first-class passengers
- by exaggerating the effects of severe weather conditions
- by comparing them to the poor conditions of the ship's crew
- by noting that most third-class passengers did not speak English
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Explain why an author chose to organize a selection's plot in an unconventional way. What benefits or disadvantages resulted from the action being presented in this way?
Evaluator
Organization:
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