Writing Workshop: Comparing Texts Answers

Format:

Topic:

Determine a common theme.

Purpose:

Audience:

Format: ✔ five-paragraph essayX two texts

Topic: ✔ American identityAmerican poetry

Audience: other writers✔ a general audience

Purpose: to persuade✔ to compare and contrast

Identify each of the following as a topic or a theme.

American identity comes from merging cultures.: topic✔ theme

Family relationships: ✔ topictheme

Supporting one another is important to family relationships.: topic✔ theme

Identify each of the following as a topic or a theme.

Paraphrase what Okita’s poem says about the topic of American identity.

Identify each of the following as a topic or a theme. American identity: American identity comes from merging cultures.: Family relationships: Supporting one another is important to family relationships.:

Paraphrase what Cisneros’s story says about the topic of American identity.