Which questions are most likely to produce interesting and detailed answers in an interview? Check all that apply.
Do you like to travel?
How did you feel about traveling alone in a strange place?
What advice would you give to a young person traveling alone?
What kinds of interesting people did you meet in your travels?
Did you feel safe?
The questions most likely to produce interesting and detailed answers in an interview are:
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How did you feel about traveling alone in a strange place?: This question invites the interviewee to share personal feelings and experiences, leading to more nuanced responses.
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What advice would you give to a young person traveling alone?: This question encourages the interviewee to reflect on their experiences and provide valuable insights, which can lead to an interesting discussion.
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What kinds of interesting people did you meet in your travels?: This question prompts the interviewee to share specific stories and experiences, which can yield detailed and engaging answers.
The question "Do you like to travel?" is more likely to result in a simple yes or no answer, making it less effective for generating detailed discussions. Similarly, "Did you feel safe?" may not elicit a rich narrative, though it can lead to more conversation if followed up appropriately.
INTERVIEWER: Do you think about all the awards you have won?
FAMOUS AUTHOR: I try not to think about it when I’m writing because I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself. Once you have won awards, people expect more from you. I don't think about them every day because I'm busy working and looking after my family. At home I’m just Mom; my kids have no idea that I’m famous.
Which follow-up question is the best choice to continue this conversation?
How many kids do you have?
Do you think it's important for a writer to write every day?
Do your children like to read?
How does being a parent influence your writing?
Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.
Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross.
My stenographer, Miss Agnes Coombs, found her post by me, and sixty to eighty letters a day, taken from dictation, made up the clerical round of the office of the president. This duty fell in between attending the daily meetings of the relief committee and receiving constant calls both in and out of the city.
Which statement describes how the purpose of the frame and the excerpt are different?
The frame informs the reader that Clara was appreciated for her work.
The excerpt informs the reader of the attention to detail Clara demonstrated to coordinate the relief process.
The excerpt informs the reader that Clara was unorganized and ineffective in her position.
The frame informs the reader that the Clara had a dedicated team supporting her.
2. Look at the frames from One War Ends, Another Begins.
Which best describes the author’s purpose in these frames of One War Ends, Another Begins?
to show how Clara stood up to politicians
to show how Clara inspired others
to show how Clara cared for her family
to show how Clara felt about public speaking
3. Which are characteristics of graphic novels? Choose three answers.
using speech bubbles
using first-person perspective
combining words and images
dividing the story into frames
telling only nonfiction stories
4. Which detail from A Story of the Red Cross shows Clara’s purpose for writing it?
To say that we were kindly and gratefully received by them says nothing that would satisfy either ourselves or them.
We were asked not only to act with them, but to assume charge of the administration of relief.
I have dedicated this little volume to the people with whom, and for whom, have gone the willing labors of twenty-five years—initial labors, untried methods, and object lessons.
This is a tedious story; but if gone through, one has a little insight into the labor of a Red Cross field of relief.
5. Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.
What is the author’s purpose in this frame?
to inform
to persuade
to entertain
to argue
6. Which is one difference between a graphic novel and a memoir?
Only memoirs are about nonfiction, or true, events.
Only graphic novels use speech bubbles to show dialogue.
Only memoirs are meant to inform readers about world issues.
Only graphic novels include conversations between people.
7. This time there was no murmur in the air, no warning of approaching danger. Even the watchful press, that knows so much before it ever happens, slumbered quiet and deep, till the hissing wires shrieked the terrifying word—Galveston.
Then we learned that, as at Port Royal, the sea had overleaped its bounds and its victims by thousands were in its grasp.
In all the land no one slept then. To us it was the clang of the fire-bell, and the drop of the harness. The Red Cross clans commenced to gather.
Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross.
Why does the author most likely include this description?
to show the contrast between the peaceful silence and the devastation
to show that journalists know more about what happens than anyone
to show the quick response of firefighters and rescue workers
to show the power of nature in dangerous situations
8. Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.
Which excerpt from the A Story of the Red Cross reflects what is happening in this frame?
Later on arrived a shipload of supplies from the business people of New York, which were stored with the Galveston committee, and we were asked to aid in the distribution of these supplies,….
I beg my readers to bear in mind that this is not romance that I am writing, where I can place my characters in the best light and shape results at will, but history, with my personages still alive, ready to attest the reality of this statement.
A day of waiting in Houston for a passage over the Gulf gave us a glimpse of what the encroachment had been on the mainland.
To none will your help ever be so precious as it has been to me, for in its proud growth and strength none will ever so need you.
9. In A Story of the Red Cross, why does the author provide a first-hand account of the work in Galveston?
to emphasize how recovery conditions have improved
to show a group of people who Clara helped during a disaster
to emphasize the benefits an experienced team provides
to show the place where Clara was forced to work
10. Jing is writing a book about her experience playing soccer as a child. She wants to utilize both her writing and illustration skills. Which form should Jing use to tell her story?
fictional drama
graphic novel
poetry
memoir
4. This is a tedious story; but if gone through, one has a little insight into the labor of a Red Cross field of relief.
6. Only graphic novels use speech bubbles to show dialogue.
8. I beg my readers to bear in mind that this is not romance that I am writing, where I can place my characters in the best light and shape results at will, but history, with my personages still alive, ready to attest the reality of this statement.
