Lines 1–14: What is this essay about? Is the essay written in the first-, second-, or third-person point of view? What kind of language does the author use? Is it formal or casual, technical or personal, funny or serious, simple or complicated? Lines 12–14: How does Noda organize ideas?

Lines 23–31: Based on these lines and the subheading “I am racially Japanese,” what kind of organizational pattern is used?

Lines 43–44: Are these sentences simple or compound? How are the sentences different?

Story: Growing up Asian