04.06 Two Texts Side by Side Worksheet You will complete a chart and a reflection comparing and contrasting texts. Read the two texts at the bottom of these instructions. Then, complete the chart below using complete sentences. Sentence starters have been provided in both columns. Use details and examples when requested. Focus "U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Expanded Reporting for Birds Captured and Collected During Deepwater Horizon Response" "The Blackness" What is the genre? The genre of this text is nonfiction because this includes real events and information. The genre of this text is What is the topic of each text? The topic of this text is The topic of this text is What kinds of details are included? Which details are omitted? This text uses mostly For example, It does not include details about This text uses mostly For example, It does not include details about What type of language does the writer use? What is the effect of those words? This text relies on For example, The type of language used communicates a tone and creates a mood. This text relies on For example, The type of language used communicates a tone and creates a mood. What is the purpose of each text? Why did the writer write the text? The purpose of this text is to The purpose of this text is to What is the message of the text? The message of this text is: The message of this text is: Reflection These two texts have the same topic, but they are quite different. In four to six complete sentences, explain which text would best motivate readers to protect and preserve nature from human influence. Explain why you think the text you have identified would be more effective than the other text. Use examples from your chart to support your position. Your paragraph has been started for you. The would best motivate readers to protect and preserve nature because...

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Ajourney with my father adapted from my reminiscences by sir rabindranath tagore probably in order to teach me to be careful, my father placed a little small change in my charge and required me to keep an account of it. he also entrusted me with the duty of winding his valuable gold watch for him. he overlooked the risk of damage in his desire to train me to a sense of responsibility. when we went out together for our morning walk, he would ask me to give alms to any beggars we came across. but i never could render him a proper account at the end of it. one day, my balance was larger than the account warranted. "i really must make you my cashier," observed my father. "money seems to have a way of growing in your hands! " that watch of his i wound up with such indefatigable1 zeal that it had very soon to be sent to the watchmaker's in calcutta. i am reminded of the time when, later in life, i was appointed to manage the estate and had to lay before my father, owing to his failing eyesight, a statement of accounts on the second or third of every month. i had first to read out the totals under each head, and if he had any doubts on any point, he would ask for the details. if i made any attempt to slur over or keep out of sight any item which i feared he would not like, it was sure to come out. so, these first few days of the month were very anxious ones for me. as i have said, my father had the habit of keeping everything clearly before his mind—whether figures of accounts, or ceremonial arrangements, or additions or alterations to property. he had never seen the new assembly hall built at bolpur, and yet, he was familiar with every detail of it from questioning those who came to see him after a visit to bolpur. he had an extraordinary memory, and when once he got hold of a fact, it never escaped him. my father asked me to copy the favourite verses, with their translation, from the book he liked reading every day. at home, i had been a boy of no account. here, when these important functions were entrusted to me, i felt the glory of the situation. 1. tireless 7 how does the narrator support the idea that his father keeps everything clearly before his mind? a. by giving the example of his father's response when his account did not tally with the money that he had in hand b. by mentioning that his father was interested in everything that happened around him c. by giving the example of his father knowing every detail of the new assembly hall at bolpur d. by mentioning that his father had marked his favorite verses from his favorite book

Why is reasoning relivant to reading and evaluate text?