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Section 2: Section Diagnostic

Prompt

Part 1:

Write an expository response to the following question:

  1. How does the use of purposeful and descriptive language help authors communicate experiences, events, character traits, tone, setting, and theme in a story?

In your response, provide examples of purposeful and descriptive language from both The Book of Unknown Americans and “Immigrants in Our Own Land,” and explain how each example develops a plot, characterization, tone, setting, or theme in the text.

Part 2:

Write an original narrative paragraph using Diego Rivera’s The Uprising as a springboard for writing, using purposeful and descriptive language in your narrative to develop character and tone.