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Reading Purpose: Analysis and Synthesis of Texts
Your Name__I.M. Reading_________
Text Titles_ The Future in America _ and ____ The Promised Land _________
Author’s Names __ H.G. Wells ___and Mary Antin ______
Reading Purpose: Analyze texts to examine how the authors use language to convey meaning
A guiding question or questions I have about the texts: How does each author use language to convey how he/she feels about the immigrant
experience? How do you know?
Inference
State an inference that responds to the
guiding question (s) above.
H.G. Wells’ tone is negative towards the
immigrant experience.
.
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How do the authors’ differing points of
view influence their attitude towards
the immigrant experience?
Evidence
Words/Phrases from the text that support your inference (s).
The phrase “sinister crowd of miserable people loafing
about.” supports my inference. (P2)
Analysis
Connect how and why the words/phrases prove your
inference (s).
The phrase “sinister crowd of miserable people loafing
about” supports my inference because Wells sees the
immigrants not as hopeful human beings looking for a new
life, but as unhappy and ungrateful people waiting for
something good to happen to them . (P2)
Wells use of _________________ (word choice) shows __________________________________ (point of view), while
Antin’s ___________________________ (point of view) is reflected in her use of _______________ (word choice).