Question: How is The Grapes of Wrath structured?

Answer: With plot chapters followed by intercalary chapters

Question: What phrase is the best example of parallelism?

Answer: Her eyes began to droop, her mind began to wander, and then her limbs softened.

Question: According to the study, what did John Steinbeck do to prepare for his book The Grapes of Wrath?

Answer: He researched migrant workers

Question: When did the Great Depression begin?

Answer: After the Jazz Age

Question: Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:

“Snub-nosed monsters, raising the dust and sticking their snouts into it, straight down the country, across the country, through fences, through dooryards, and in and out of gullies in straight lines”

What best describes the tone of this passage?

Answer: Disapproving

Question: What was a consequence for farmers during the Dust Bowl?

Answer: The government took their land.

Question: What is one reason the great Depression?

Answer: Overspending

Question: What is one reason Steinback uses parallelism in The Grapes of Wrath?

Answer: To highlight the contrast between opposing ideas

Question: Based on the stories, what seems to have been a common occurrence during the Great Depression?

Answer: Pawning personal items

Question: Read this sentence:

“The wind blew, the leaves shook, and the birds flew away.”

What best describes the structure of this sentence?

Answer: This sentence uses parallel subjects and verbs.