English 2A - Midterm

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Excerpt from “Learning How to Code-Switch: Humbling but Necessary” By Eric Deggans

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English 2A - Midterm

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Write a sentence correctly using a metaphor. Optional idea: compare your best friend to something else.

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Write a sentence that establishes a fearful mood. Carefully consider your diction (word choice).

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Short Answer Response: Explain how beginning his article with an incident from his childhood helps Deggans’ to achieve his purpose. Use evidence from the text to support your answer. **Remember to use APE and the 5-point grading system to receive full credit.

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Short Answer Response: Evaluate Deggans’ informative text. Was it interesting? Is his message an important one? Did Deggans make you think? Be sure to use evidence from the text. **Remember to use APE and the 5-point grading system to receive full credit.

Directions: Match the vocabulary terms with the corresponding definition.

	Central idea or message	A fanciful exaggeration; one that can’t be true	A direct comparison between two unlike things	An imaginative comparison saying one things is like another.	Giving life-life qualities to a nonliving thing.	The feeling that a text establishes.	The author’s attitude toward their subject.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Mood
Tone
Theme
Hyperbole

Which of the following words most likely means to write in a careless way?

scribble

disrupt

preview

bisect

Which of the following words most likely means the state of being someone’s father?

patronizing

sectional

bisecting

paternal

Which of the following words most likely means a punctuation mark that divides two independent clauses in a sentence?

period

comma

semicolon

colon

Write a sentence correctly using a metaphor. Optional idea: compare your best friend to something else.

Write a sentence that establishes a fearful mood. Carefully consider your diction (word choice).

(answer after paragraph 5) - Why did Deggans's friends make fun of him?

He used a word that they thought was unintelligent.

He used a tone of voice that he used with adults.

He used a word his friends associate with white people.

He used a word that his friends found offensive.

(answer after paragraph 14) - Deggans realizes that code-switching is…

impossible for some individuals to learn.

makes individuals from smaller groups fit into the larger group.

a reason that many people are judged negatively.

is very easy to learn.

How does Deggans describe his friends who never learned how to code-switch?

They were overwhelmed by the dominance of white culture.

They were treated differently for not being able to adhere to the dominant culture.

They were considered unintelligent for not being able to match the conversation style.

They lost their sense of self as they tried to balance multiple cultures.

PART A: What connection does the author draw between communication style and social acceptance?

A person's success in social interactions is influenced by how they choose to communicate with others.

Changing communication styles can make a person feel isolated from belonging to any one culture.

People choose their primary communication style based on the group to which they most want to belong.

Not adhering to the dominant communication style in a group will most likely result in social rejection.

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

"That word — 'guys'— might earn smiles and nods of understanding in that world, but it brought the ultimate insult in my neighborhood." ( Paragraph 5)

“code-switching describes the simple act of switching between two languages in a conversation.” (Paragraph 7)

“Still, it was a long road getting here, with stumbling blocks in surprising places.” (Para.  14)

“As more cultures join America’s melting pot, that’s why code-switching remains so valuable.” (Paragraph 25)

From reading the article, you can infer that the author –

Completed his college education

Makes a high salary

Is married with children

Dreads social interactions

Deggans provides information that indicates that –

America as a society frowns upon code-switching

Code-switching changes a person’s identity

Only African-American and Hispanic groups feel the need to code-switch.

Code-switching is a way of affirming our identity.

Short Answer Response: Explain how beginning his article with an incident from his childhood helps Deggans’ to achieve his purpose. Use evidence from the text to support your answer. **Remember to use APE and the 5-point grading system to receive full credit.

Short Answer Response: Evaluate Deggans’ informative text. Was it interesting? Is his message an important one? Did Deggans make you think? Be sure to use evidence from the text. **Remember to use APE and the 5-point grading system to receive full credit.

Directions: Match the vocabulary terms with the corresponding definition.

Central idea or message

A fanciful exaggeration; one that can’t be true

A direct comparison between two unlike things

An imaginative comparison saying one things is like another.

Giving life-life qualities to a nonliving thing.

The feeling that a text establishes.

The author’s attitude toward their subject.

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Mood

Tone

Theme

Hyperbole

half; partly

not

father

to write

too much

again

to carry

to cut

before

to break

pater

por

rupt

scrib

sect/sec

non

over

pre

re

semi

Which of the following words most likely means to write in a careless way?

scribble

disrupt

preview

bisect

Which of the following words most likely means the state of being someone’s father?

patronizing

sectional

bisecting

paternal

Which of the following words most likely means a punctuation mark that divides two independent clauses in a sentence?

period

comma

semicolon

colon

(answer after paragraph 5) - Why did Deggans's friends make fun of him?

He used a word that they thought was unintelligent.

He used a tone of voice that he used with adults.

He used a word his friends associate with white people.

He used a word that his friends found offensive.

(answer after paragraph 14) - Deggans realizes that code-switching is…

impossible for some individuals to learn.

makes individuals from smaller groups fit into the larger group.

a reason that many people are judged negatively.

is very easy to learn.

How does Deggans describe his friends who never learned how to code-switch?

They were overwhelmed by the dominance of white culture.

They were treated differently for not being able to adhere to the dominant culture.

They were considered unintelligent for not being able to match the conversation style.

They lost their sense of self as they tried to balance multiple cultures.

PART A: What connection does the author draw between communication style and social acceptance?

A person's success in social interactions is influenced by how they choose to communicate with others.

Changing communication styles can make a person feel isolated from belonging to any one culture.

People choose their primary communication style based on the group to which they most want to belong.

Not adhering to the dominant communication style in a group will most likely result in social rejection.

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

"That word — 'guys'— might earn smiles and nods of understanding in that world, but it brought the ultimate insult in my neighborhood." ( Paragraph 5)

“code-switching describes the simple act of switching between two languages in a conversation.” (Paragraph 7)

“Still, it was a long road getting here, with stumbling blocks in surprising places.” (Para.  14)

“As more cultures join America’s melting pot, that’s why code-switching remains so valuable.” (Paragraph 25)

From reading the article, you can infer that the author –

Completed his college education

Makes a high salary

Is married with children

Dreads social interactions

Deggans provides information that indicates that –

America as a society frowns upon code-switching

Code-switching changes a person’s identity

Only African-American and Hispanic groups feel the need to code-switch.

Code-switching is a way of affirming our identity.