Mrs. Bondi
ELA 5-6
Close Read from Of Plymouth Plantation
Chapter IX
 Cite textual evidence:
1. Read lines 6-18 and use textual evidence to identify Bradford’s central idea/theme/claim.
Central Idea/Claim: ___________________________________________________________
Textual Evidence: _____________________________________________________________
2.
Read lines 47-56 and use textual evidence to identify Bradford’s central idea/theme/claim.
Central Idea/Claim: ___________________________________________________________
Textual Evidence: _____________________________________________________________
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Identify rhetorical devices (persuasive techniques to communicate ideas and support writer’s/speaker’s
purpose).
Allusion – a reference to a person, place, or event that the author expects will be familiar to readers/audience.
3.
Identify the three allusions Bradford uses in lines 78-109.
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4.
How do these allusions support Bradford’s central idea/claim that the Pilgrims endured a difficult journey into
an unknown wilderness?
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Chapter X
5. Read lines 178-185 and use textual evidence to identify Bradford’s central idea/theme/claim.
Central Idea/Claim: ___________________________________________________________
Textual Evidence: _____________________________________________________________
6.
Besides the difficulty in finding a place to dwell, what other event fills the Puritans with terror?
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7.
Read lines 260-268. Cite textual evidence that suggests that Bradford saw the Puritans as having been chosen
by God.
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Chapter XI
 Infer – conclude from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.
8. Based on Bradford’s account of those who cared for the sick (lines 330-340), what characteristics can you infer
the Puritans valued?
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 Summarize
9. How did their relationship with the Native Americans change with the arrival of Samoset and Squanto? Why?
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