The Awakening Quiz Paragraph Response
Directions: In one solid paragraph, respond to the prompt. Ensure that you have a strong claim, evidence, and
analysis of this evidence.
1. How did the setting and culture create the environment that allowed for Edna's "awakening" while also
condemning the choices that she made? In what way does the local culture both allow and forbid her
awakening? How does the region play a role in Edna's transformation?

From “the raven” by edgar allan poe but the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered— till i scarcely more than muttered, “other friends have flown before— on the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.” then the bird said, “nevermore.” in this excerpt, what is the speaker saying the raven will do? a. it will certainly die. b. it will leave immediately. c. it will leave the next day. d. it will befriend the speaker.

Write approximately 100 words reflecting on your 7-question reading strategy activity. how correct were your first two predictions? what questions worked for you within that activity? what questions didn't? were these reading strategies something you do unconsciously when you read anyway, or were they very foreign ideas? the more you know about how you read, the better you become as a reader. what did you learn about yourself as a reader?

Which best describes the author’s purpose in the excerpt you read from free the children?