"Advice, like youth…" Text Dependent Questions 1. What is the author’s viewpoint on buying and supplying advice?

2. How does the author use rhetoric to advance her viewpoints on comparing the uncertainty of the future with bubble gum and an algebra equation?

3. Using textual evidence, describe the tone of the article. How does the author create this tone?

4. What does the phrase "bridge the gaps" mean? How does the use of this phrase enhance the reader’s understanding of the text?

5. The author cautions, "Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either, your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s." What does the word berate mean in this instance (use examples from the text to support this analysis)?

6. How does the author develop and refine her ideas with particular sentences? Use examples form the text in your analysis.

7. How doe

Which word in the passage the reader determine the meaning of the word miscarriage? toilattracteddicgraced

Read this inference: "one day the neighbors will move out of the little frame house." what detail from the story best supports this inference?

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?