Who do you imagine Aunt Hetty is? What is Aunt Hetty’s attitude about marriage? What are your thoughts about her attitude? What is significant about the last sentence of the piece?

a term is used to describe a sudden revelation in a short story is "showing forth".

when people finally accepted that the peregrine falcon was endangered, different organizations came together to act to protect the falcon. in your own words, explain the steps taken by organizations like the us fish and wildlife service and the environmental protection agency to save the falcon. how did they cooperate to the falcon? use evidence from the text of “peregrine falcon” to support your response.

question 1

one of the main differences between central idea and theme is

a) theme is found when you have one main character, central idea is limited to stories with multiple characters.

b) themes are explicitly stated and central ideas are not.

c) central ideas can only be found in narrative writing, while themes can be found in multiple types of literature.

d) central idea can be found in both fiction and nonfiction texts.

question 4

when reading "nameless, tennessee", we know that we are looking for a central idea and not a theme because

a) its a short story. short stories only have a central idea.

b) its a non-fiction text. non-fiction does not have a theme, only central idea.

c) themes are directly stated and there isn't one directly stated in "nameless, tennessee".

d) all of the above.

question 6

read the excerpt.

"we had a doctor on the ridge in them days. as good as any doctor alivin'. he'd cut a crooked toenail or deliver a woman. dead these last years."

how do the details in this excerpt to develop the central idea?

a) they give insight into the doctor's motivation for people.

b) they depict the poverty and lifelessness of the town.

c) they explain why people wanted to get away from the town.

d) they reveal some of the meaningful human history of the unnamed town.