The Promise of America: Different Genres' Approaches to the Same Topic

Question 1

I see, in the "First Thanksgiving" story, a hidden Pilgrim heart. The story of that heart is the real tale than needs to be told. What did it hold? Bigotry, hatred, greed, self-righteousness? We have seen the evil that it caused in the 350 years since. Genocide, environmental devastation, poverty, world wars, racism.

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The argument uses emotion and also examples.

Question 2

Which of these quotations from "Thanksgiving: A Native American View" shows logic in argument?

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Nearly 70 percent of all crops grown today were originally cultivated by Native American peoples.

Question 3

These were not merely "friendly Indians.”

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The author is arguing that the American Indians were able to help the Pilgrims, because they were sophisticated.

Question 4

When the Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock, they were poor and hungry – half of them died within a few months from disease and hunger. When Squanto, a Wampanoag man, found them, they were in a pitiful state. He spoke English, having traveled to Europe, and took pity on them. Their English crops had failed. The native people fed them through the winter and taught them how to grow their food.

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She uses such words as “poor” and “pitiful” to make us understand how the American Indians viewed them.

Question 5

Which of these statements is effectively worded as a theme?

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Connection to nature can influence cultures.

Question 6

Which quotation from the poem "Ellis Island" supports the theme "A culture of conquering others is unhealthy”?

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after leaving the sickness, / the old Empires of Europe,

Question 7

Which of these statements is a possible theme for a poem on immigration?

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Immigration brings hope and challenges.

Question 8

Which line from the poem "Ellis Island" best supports the theme “For some, immigration is a source of hope”?

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nine decades the answerer / of dreams.

Question 9

What is the best summary of Keeler’s argument in "Thanksgiving: A Native American View" ?

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We each have a responsibility to try to get rid of the hatred, bigotry, and greed that affected American Indians.

Question 10

Which statement best describes a difference between the poem "Ellis Island" and the essay "Thanksgiving: A Native American View"?

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The poem discusses immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but the essay does not.

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