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American Writer Richard Wright Answers

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Which experience best demonstrates the frustration Wright and his family felt over their inability to change their situation?

A
Richard overhearing angry conversations between his mother and grandmother
B
Richard running away from the orphanage
C
Richard’s grandmother sending them money in the mail
D
Richard thinking about seeing his father and the strange woman
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Which of the following did you include in your answer? Check all of the boxes that apply.

A
an explanation of Wright’s point of view
B
an explanation of Wright’s use of anecdotes
C
an example from the text of Wright’s personal experience
D
specific details about how Wright conveys his experience
E
a discussion of social and cultural influences on Wright’s autobiography
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What is Wright’s strategy for using personal anecdotes to show readers how he feels?

A
He says how he feels about something and then gives an experience as an example.
B
He describes what happens and then comments on how he feels about it.
C
He writes so that only people who had similar experiences will understand his feelings.
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Wright’s purpose in this passage is to show that his father enjoys a simple lifethat his father had limited opportunitieshis father’s disregard for education.

A
that his father enjoys a simple life
B
that his father had limited opportunities
C
his father’s disregard for education
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What textual evidence effectively achieves this purpose? Check all the correct responses.

A
“a quarter of a century was to elapse”
B
“his soul was imprisoned”
C
“I stood before him, poised”
D
“how chained were his actions and emotions”

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