1. Evidence of a literary text’s--------------- can be found in the----- characters use and shifts in attitudes between characters
Theme
Tone
Language
Props
2. Drag each item to the correct location.
Things that create mood or Things that create tone
A bitter, sarcastic remark by a grieving wife
A large more at dusk
Two servants in distress, carrying lanterns
Two parents stressed over finances, being by a happy child
3. What theme is suggested by the repetition of the line “I am American?”
A. Americans are more alike than they are different.
B. America is a country that struggles to understand its identity.
C. Americans come from many different backgrounds. Americans come from many different backgrounds.
D. America is a place where people can discover their true selves.
4. Which details in the text connect to the subject of Americans working hard at difficult jobs? Select the two correct answers.
A. Max Littlefield’s ancestors using a scuff in the dirt to find deer to hunt
B. Ty Smith’s ancestors growing cotton from sun-up to sun-down
C. Bethany McLaughlin’s ancestors laying streetcar tracks
D. Juanita Ramirez’s family struggling to obtain citizenship
E. Shana Bloomstein’s ancestors fleeing attacks
5. What themes are suggested in the second part of the play, in which characters make very short, overlapping speeches? Select the two correct answers.
A. Americans have such similar stories that they blend together.
B. There are many different paths to becoming American.
C. Most Americans came to the country hoping to get rich.
D. Many Americans do not know much about their family histories.
E. Americans come from many different countries.
1. Evidence of a literary text’s theme can be found in the shifts in attitudes between characters.
2. Things that create mood: A large moon at dusk, Two servants in distress, carrying lanterns.
Things that create tone: A bitter, sarcastic remark by a grieving wife, Two parents stressed over finances, being by a happy child.
3. B. America is a country that struggles to understand its identity is suggested by the repetition of the line "I am American."
4. B. Ty Smith’s ancestors growing cotton from sun-up to sun-down, C. Bethany McLaughlin’s ancestors laying streetcar tracks.
5. A. Americans have such similar stories that they blend together, B. There are many different paths to becoming American.