2.) First Two Words: He had
3.) The passage I picked is very
descriptive.
4.) The passage is descriptive and also
is a simile because it describes what Zeke looks like and describes his mind .
5.) Why do you think Eulinda describes
Zeke so vividly? (Because see miss
him and loved him very much.)
6.) Why did the author include this
passage in the story? (So the
reader would know what Eulinda remembers and misses about her brother the most.)
1.) Passage:
Mistis talked a lot about Mr. Lincoln’s “great measure.”
She was the master’s second wife.
I was his daughter, but not by his first wife.
It gets powerful mixed-up, here. My
mama was the cook in the kitchen before Iris.
2.) First Two Words: Mistis talked
3.) The passage I picked was surprising.
4.) This passage is surprising because I
never really thought about a master having a daughter by one of his slaves and
everyone knowing it. It is the very
beginning of the book and it is already out in the open.
5.) Why do you
think the author told this so soon in the book?
(Because it is very important and surprising information that the book is
based upon.)
6.) Why did the
author include this passage in the story? (Because
it is something that happened during slavery that is not talked that much about
in children’s books and she wanted it to be know to them.
It is a very important issue)
1.) Passage:
Oh, she was Miss Devil-Boots all right, with her pretend-yellow hair that
rinsed with some mix that came from her sister in Macon. She had brown eyes with
a strange light in them. And she held sway over Mr. Hampton. And she could make
him cringe, hinting of the reason.
2.) First Two
Words: Oh, she
3.) This
passage is a great example of an descriptive type of passage.
4.) This
passage is descriptive because it gives us useful information and describes Miz Gertrude.
5.) From what
you get out of this passage do you think Eulinda likes Miz Gertrude? Why or why
not? (She seems not to like her very much, she thinks of her as the devil and
she was always mean to her.)
6.) What does
this passage add to the story? (It is an example of Miz Gertrude being mean to
Eulinda, as she usually was. It
proves it to the reader.)
1.) Passage:
There she was, just waiting all those years since I was born, for a way
to get back at me and mama. Like a
fox in the bushes.
2.) First Two
Words: There she
3.) This
passage is a wonderful example of a simile.
4.) This
passage is a simile because it compares Miz Gertrude to a fox in the bushes.
5.) Why do you think Eulinda said this about Miz Gertrude? (Because she was just wanting to get back at her from the day she was born, since Eulinda was the slave daughter of her husband.)
6.)
What does the passage add to the story? (It explains how and why Zeke was
sold away from his family.)