Multiple Choice with footnotes-HINT VERSION From a recent book on reading and writing habits of American women in the 19th century

HINT: Look to the verbs that start the choices; does that help you eliminate choices?

Nothing is minimized No recommendation is offered No “suggestion” about group vs. individual settings is offered No argument is made about what diaries should/should not reflect

HINT: Which answer choices make incorrect statements in terms of literacy and/or writing (as addressed in the passage)?

No increase is addressed in terms of “children” in general Social class wasn’t addressed Place of writing wasn’t addressed Passage doesn’t compare men vs. women’s studies

HINT: Now that you have the text excerpt in front of you, you should be able to answer this one.

HINT: Consider subjects and verbs to determine what is/isn’t accurate regarding girls and/or diaries.

HINT: Think about how that phrase is often used in a familiar context... The official (presumably) listened during the meeting… The student (presumably) studied for the final… In the (presumably) important meeting, the CEO talked about tax benefits… See how tone is emerging?

Are those pages really secret?!

HINT: What tone does the article originally employ to look at the intended role/function of diaries vs. their actual role/function?

The article first notes the positives of diaries as outlets for young girls to play with different personas. So, the irony was that in critiquing them, critics were “right” to do so, as girls liked the experimentation and the options for who they could be (rather than what was prescribed by society). So diaries kind of failed “as a technique for promoting discipline and character” according to mores of the time (l. 19-20).

HINTS Is disapproval expressed? Did the responsibility fall on women? Does passage mention travel expectations for men vs. women? Does passage address tendencies to move apart? Is admiration addressed?

Note that boys were forgiven for “lapses” in writing letters, further indicating that the “pattern” of keeping in touch with family was left to women.

E is a distractor; while women may have built relationships through letters to family, that isn’t as significant as the power conferred on women in their usually submissive roles as housewives.

HINT: Pay attention to punctuation; what do quotes indicate? Italics?

The quote marks indicate that “The Female World…” is the title of an article. It appears in a periodical, which is underlined (a periodical is a publication produced at certain times of the year—in this case, spring).

HINT: Let context clues help you HINT: Let context clues help you! However, this question takes time; you need to go back to each of those line numbers. This is the kind of question to skip if you are short on time.

“charged with” means tasked with, given the job of

Essentially, because women were aware that their letters would be read by numerous people, they began to craft their writing so as not to embarrass themselves. In their attention to their writing, the women become storytellers.

HINT: Use context clues—if needed—to know what “converged” means.

See previous question/slide—women, who were aware of audience and didn’t want to be judged, modeled their letters after what they read in books, thereby developing their own style as they mixed and matched techniques from different literary pieces/authors.

HINT: Try to eliminate the choices that go beyond the scope of what the passage actually discusses.

HINT: Remember that +/- technique from the beginning of the year HINT: Remember that +/- technique from the beginning of the year? So, overall, does the author take a + tone, a – tone, a neutral tone, a combination, or a tone shift? Then, label the answers (I labeled the first one for you). Arch could be + or -, witty is +

+, + +, - +, N -, - Emotional could be positive or negative, as could apologetic At parts, tone is neutral, and at other parts it’s positive toward the writing women did arch-=cunning/sly Strident=harsh