A Quilt of a Country
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1. Summarize What is Anna Quindlen’s claim in “A Quilt of a Country”? Summarize
her claim in your own words.
2. Interpret In lines 7—8, what does Quindlen mean when she describes America
being “like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms”? How
does this description support her claim?
3. Evaluate What opposing viewpoint does Quindlen respond to in paragraph 3?
What counterargument does she offer to it? List the reasons and evidence she
includes in her counterargument and evaluate if it is relevant and sufficient.
4. Analyze In paragraph 4, Quindlen uses repetition and parallelism—
expressing related ideas using similar grammatical constructions. What sentence
structure and words does she repeat? What is the effect of this repetition?
5. Analyze Reread Quindlen’s conclusion. What specific words and phrases does
she use to link the conclusion to her introduction? How do these words and
phrases support her argument?
6. Evaluate Quindlen uses many different types of evidence throughout the
argument to support her claim, for example, facts, statistics, and quotations.
Identity at least three examples of evidence and evaluate how she uses each
one to support her claim.
PERFORMANCE TASK
Writing Activity: Argument Using what you have learned about how to develop
an argument, write and support a claim about a positive aspect of your school or
community.
1. Think about something you feel is an
important, positive feature of your
3. Write the draft of your argument.
Work carefully to present your reas