Voting: A Right Hindered
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
Why voters do not vote in local elections.
2. What three causes does the author list in the thesis statement?
1) Unethical voting practices.
2) They do not know enough about local issues.
3) New voting laws.
3. What should the reader be able to infer from the title?
The obstacles that a voter encounters when they try to vote.
4. List several transition words the author chooses to include in order to move the reader from one point to the next.
Unfortunately, first, for example, also, furthermore, second, additionally, lastly, for instance, as a result.
5. What organizational pattern is used in this essay? Explain your answer.
The organizational pattern is topical. The …show more content…
Discuss the significance of mentioning Father’s Day in the first two paragraphs of the essay.
The significance of Father’s Day is a day when children gather together as a family and celebrate with their father. However, in Danticat article the fathers and children are separated either by incarceration or deportation by the government.
4. How do you think being separated from her father shaped Danticat’s viewpoint on immigration?
Danticat can sympathize with the children in the article since she was separated from her father for eight years. She knows what it is like to feel abandoned by her parent.
5. Define “impounded.” What types of things come to mind when you hear that something has been impounded? Why do you think the author titles the essay, “Impounded Fathers?”
Impounded to be taken away. What comes to mind when I hear the word impounded is that something has been taken away or lock up where someone cannot get to what has been impounded. The author uses the title “Impounded Fathers” since the fathers are taken away from their families and locked away or sent back to their native countries.
6. Is Danticat's arguments based more on emotion or logic? Do you think the strengthens or weakens her
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
Why voters do not vote in local elections.
2. What three causes does the author list in the thesis statement?
1) Unethical voting practices.
2) They do not know enough about local issues.
3) New voting laws.
3. What should the reader be able to infer from the title?
The obstacles that a voter encounters when they try to vote.
4. List several transition words the author chooses to include in order to move the reader from one point to the next.
Unfortunately, first, for example, also, furthermore, second, additionally, lastly, for instance, as a result.
5. What organizational pattern is used in this essay? Explain your answer.
The organizational pattern is topical. The …show more content…
Discuss the significance of mentioning Father’s Day in the first two paragraphs of the essay.
The significance of Father’s Day is a day when children gather together as a family and celebrate with their father. However, in Danticat article the fathers and children are separated either by incarceration or deportation by the government.
4. How do you think being separated from her father shaped Danticat’s viewpoint on immigration?
Danticat can sympathize with the children in the article since she was separated from her father for eight years. She knows what it is like to feel abandoned by her parent.
5. Define “impounded.” What types of things come to mind when you hear that something has been impounded? Why do you think the author titles the essay, “Impounded Fathers?”
Impounded to be taken away. What comes to mind when I hear the word impounded is that something has been taken away or lock up where someone cannot get to what has been impounded. The author uses the title “Impounded Fathers” since the fathers are taken away from their families and locked away or sent back to their native countries.
6. Is Danticat's arguments based more on emotion or logic? Do you think the strengthens or weakens her