L15: Comprehension "We Were There, Too!"

There are several flashbacks in the narration.

The events are described in sequential order.

They compare and contrast a child and a father.

Each paragraph provides a problem and a solution.

It explains why Joseph would never be able to enlist in the Continental Army.

It suggests that Joseph hesitated to become a soldier because of the job's low pay.

It helps the reader understand how a boy like Joseph would hesitate to become a soldier.

It provides facts about the ages and hometowns of the Continental soldiers who were recruited.

It gives the reader a sense of the horrors of war.

It provides information about the article's setting.

It reveals something about each speaker's personality.

It communicates the author's admiration for each speaker.

captions

quotations

sidebars

titles

watching men drill in the pasture.

riding farther than Paul Revere did.

writing a diary of the Revolutionary War.

agreeing to get involved with no hesitation.

He is too young to enlist

He enlists for the shortest time possible.

He says he believes that he is a coward.

He hates to stay home while his friends are at war.

fighting a battle in New York

riding all night on horseback.

risking their lives for the cause

enlisting in the Continental army

They both own horses.

They both work and live on farms.

Their fathers are officers in the militia

Their actions help the colonists defeat the British.

as the last entry in a historical timeline

as an expanded caption to an illustration

in a poem written by the subject of the story

in a feature called “WHAT HAPPENED TO . . .”

marry someone.

live to the age of ninety.

have bronze statues of themselves.

write books about their experiences.