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A Chance in the World, Assignment #1:  Ch1-10

 

This assignment is worth 30 points and is due on  _________________).  Follow the directions below for completing the exercise.  Please type your answers.

 

1. Introduction of main characters: complete the chart with specific information from the text. (6 points)

 

Character	Possible role in the story	Current Challenge / Problem
Willie
Betty
Steve

 

2. When Steve leaves the Andrades’s home at age four, he “has no belongings”, is “perilously underweight” and he has “impaired hearing and speech.”  What are some ways these factors could affect a child as he starts kindergarten?  Answer in one paragraph with a topic sentences and at least three supporting details. (4 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. In your own words, write a definition for pristine as it is used in chapter 10, page 39 (“I could still see those pristine white shoes, though, and they jumped out even more against my blood-spattered sneakers.”)   (2 points):

 

 

What information/context clues in the book help to define this word?

 

 

4. In your own words, write a definition for incur as it is used in chapter 8, page 23. (“A slow driver or someone who failed to move when the traffic light turned green or, worse yet, a driver who cut him off in traffic would incur his wrath.”)   (2 points):

 

 

What information/context clues in the book help to define this word?

 

 

5. How are the following topics challenges for Steve in this section of the book? Explain in a complete sentence for each of the topics and provide a specific example from A Chance in the World to support your explanation.  (6 points)

 

1. 1. Family

Family is a challenge for Steve because:

 

 

 

An example from the book is on Chapter ______, when:

 

 

 

1. 2. Truth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.  Author Steve Pemberton often uses figurative language to add details to descriptions. Explain how the following simile is used in the novel: what is being compared to what, and why is this figurative language being used?:  (4 points)

 

1. 1. “…I knew the sound of Willie’s station wagon. It had a loud rattle, like a giant who was gargling bowling balls.”   (Chapter 8, p22)

 

_________________________ is being compared to ______________________

 

          Why is this simile being used—what effect does it have on the reader?

 

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Explain how the following simile is used in the novel: what is being compared to what, and why is this figurative language being used?:

 

1. 2. “‘See these dishes?’ he said, pointing to a mountain of glasses, plates, and silverware piled in the sink.”  (Chapter 6, p16)

 

_________________________ is being compared to ______________________

 

          Why is this simile being used—what effect does it have on the reader?

 

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7. Chapter 6 opens with the author recounting some of the features of 1972, when he arrived at the Robinsons’ house to live. Research the year you were born and list some of the same features that Pemberton uses to set his story. Identify how/where you found out your information. (6 points)
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President, or national leader if you were not born in the U.S:		Source:
Price of gasoline:		Source:
#1 movie:		Source:
A world news event:		Source: