Read the excerpt below from Chapter 1 and answer questions 2 - 5:
1 Jonas was careful about language. Not like his friend, Asher, who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny.
2 Jonas grinned, remembering the morning that Asher had dashed into the classroom, late as usual, arriving breathlessly in the middle of the chanting of the morning anthem. When the class took their seats at the conclusion of the patriotic hymn, Asher remained standing to make his public apology as was required.
3 “I apologize for inconveniencing my learning community.” Asher ran through the standard apology phrase rapidly, still catching his breath. The students had all been grinning, because they had listened to Asher’s explanations so many times before.
4 “I left home at the correct time but when I was riding along near the hatchery, the crew was separating some salmon. I guess I just got distraught, watching them.
5 “I apologize to my classmates,” Asher concluded. He smoothed his rumpled tunic and sat down.
6 “We accept your apology, Asher.” The class recited the standard response in unison. Many of the students were biting their lips to keep from laughing.
7 “I accept your apology, Asher,” the Instructor said. He was smiling. “And I thank you, because once again you have provided an opportunity for a lesson in language. ‘Distraught’ is too strong an adjective to describe salmon-viewing.”
8 He turned and wrote “distraught” on the instructional board. Beside it he wrote “distracted.”
9 Jonas, nearing his home now, smiled at the recollection. Thinking, still, as he wheeled his bike into its narrow port beside the door, he realized that frightened was the wrong word to describe his feelings, now that December was almost here. It was too strong an adjective.
Paragraphs two through seven in this passage are an example of:
Question 2 options:
subplot.
exposition.
prediction.
flashback.
Question 3 (1 point)
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From this passage you can predict that:
Question 3 options:
Jonas will never be late like Asher.
Asher will learn to be more careful with language in the future.
something important will happen to Jonas in December.
Asher will never be late again.
Question 4 (1 point)
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The point of view in this passage is written from:
Question 4 options:
Jonas
the current Receiver
the Chief Elder
Asher
Question 5 (1 point)
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Based on your readings and the passage above, the culture of Jonas’ society in “The Giver”:
Question 5 options:
Is unfamiliar with real feelings and emotions
Places low importance on education
Finds tardiness to be unacceptable
Has little tolerance for physical activity of any kind
Answers
Answer :
2. Paragraphs two through seven in this passage are an example of exposition.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'exposition' as 'Exposition in a written work is the passages which explain where events take place, what happened before the story begins, and the background of the characters.'
3. From this passage you can predict that something important will happen to Jonas in December.
The lines 'Thinking, still, as he wheeled his bike into its narrow port beside the door, he realized that frightened was the wrong word to describe his feelings, now that December was almost here. It was too strong an adjective.' provide the answer.
4. The point of view in this passage is written from Jonas. He is the protagonist.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines 'protagonist' as 'the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story).'
5. The culture of Jonas’ society in “The Giver” finds tardiness to be unacceptable .
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'tardiness' as 'the quality of being late or slow.'
The line 'When the class took their seats at the conclusion of the patriotic hymn, Asher remained standing to make his public apology as was required.' provides the answer.
2. Paragraphs two through seven in this passage are an example of Exposition. The written work is called as Exposition.
As the paragraph 2 -7 describes an event it is considered as an example of exposition.
3. From the given paragraph we can predict that Jonas will never be late. It is because unlike his friend Asher who is always late to the class and converses in a barely recognizable English, Joan is opposed to such kind of activities.
4. The given context is written from the point of view of Jonas. In the paragraph, he gives the reader a picture about his society according to his point of view.
5. It is because of this characteristic of society; Asher is made to seek an apology from his teacher as well as his classmates for coming late to the class.