Part 1 READING:
LITERATURE
1.2 Craft and Structure
Name __________________________________
Compare Your Point of View with the Narrator’s
Practice
Write your answers on the lines and then print this page.
Read the passage from the story.
I promised Mom I’d write in this journal. She said, “Sarah, one day you
might like to remember your summer in Manchester, Tennessee.” Between you
and me, though, I’m not so sure.
Aunt Clara and Uncle Daniel are OK, but it’s very quiet in the country.
I miss Mom and Dad even though we regularly talk on the phone and e-mail
each other. I miss my friends, and I miss having takeout food. I miss all the
buildings and people—it’s just fields and hills here.
Aunt Clara, Uncle Daniel, and my cousin Ramón work a lot in their garden. They grow vegetables for the family and to sell at the community market.
Ramón says the whole family’s got green fingers. Their hands look all rough
and covered with dirt to me.
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Now answer the questions.
1. Who is the narrator of the story?
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Part 1 READING:
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1.2 Craft and Structure
Name __________________________________
2. What is the narrator’s point of view on spending the summer in the country? Why?
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3. Is your point of view on spending the summer in the country similar to or different from
the narrator’s? Why?
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