Question:

Answer: repeated in the face of opposition

Question: 2a.) The Supreme Court’s final decision was to not hear the case. This decision upheld the previous ruling that a lower court had made. The Supreme Court stated its ruling as, “The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.”

What effect does this language have on the document?

Answer: The formal language and strict legal wording emphasize that the ruling is official.

Question: 3a.) In Ten Days in a Mad-House, author Nellie Bly ends the story by telling what happens after she leaves Blackwell’s Island.

What impact does this use of a chronological sequence have on the story?

Answer: It makes the hopeful results of Bly’s work especially clear.

Question: 4a.) Read this sentence from Ten Days in a Mad-House.

Some clothing was flung on the floor and I was told to put it on.

Which word in the sentence most strongly conveys the idea that the hospital staff was rude to the patients?

Answer: Flung

Question: 5a.) How does this paragraph develop author Nellie Bly’s claim that the patients at Blackwell’s Island were ill-treated?

Answer: It shows that even in the quieter ward, the nurses used threats and violence.

Question:

Answer: Contagious and breeds connote that crime can multiply and spread like a disease.

Question: 2b.) The Supreme Court justice describes prior court disagreements over the issue at hand by stating, “This case involves a type of forum that has prompted especially stark divisions among federal courts of appeals:…”

What is the most likely reason the court used this language?

Answer: It creates a superior tone; the formal language makes the justice sound more intelligent than those who disagree.

Question:

Answer: It provides a specific, relevant example as evidence for the author’s claim.

Question:

Answer: It creates an official tone; the formal language helps emphasize that the sentence refers to a legal ruling of the Supreme Court.

Question: 3c.) In the chapter “Some Unfortunate Stories” in the book Ten Days in a Mad-House, author Nellie Bly departs briefly from the main chronological narrative in order to portray some interesting individual patients and their experiences.

What impact does this different narrative structure have?

Answer: It allows the author to include powerful details that might not have fit into the main chronological narrative.