Integrating Quotes Activity
PART I. What makes a “no” a no and what makes a “yes” a yes?
NO: After June's humiliating piano recital, Waverly adds insult to injury. "You aren't a genius like me.”
Why?
YES: After June's humiliating piano recital, Waverly adds insult to injury by declaring, “You aren't a genius like me.”
Why?
NO: Dwight is a bully who takes out his anger and insecurity on those who are weaker than he is, “On the way back to the car he killed anything he saw. He killed chipmunks, squirrels, blue jays, and robins.”
Why?
YES: Dwight is a bully who takes out his anger and insecurity on those who are weaker than he is. While hunting, he boosts his ego by "kill[ing] anything he [sees]. He kill[s] chipmunks, squirrels, blue jays, and robins."
Why?
NO: When Lena shows Ying-Ying around her new house, Ying-Ying complains that “the slant of the floor made her feel as if she was ‘running down.’”
Why?
YES: When Lena shows Ying-Ying around her new house, Ying-Ying complains that “the slant of the floor ma[kes] her feel as if she [is] 'running down”
Why?
PART II. Properly integrate the following quotes:
1) During his boxing match with Arthur, Toby realizes that he and Dwight have one violence in common. "And when it landed, and my old friend's head snapped back so terribly, I felt a surge of pride and connection, connection not to him but to Dwight."
2) When he learns of Dwight's abuse, Toby's brother Geoffrey reacts with anger and disbelief, "He hit you! What do you mean, he hit you?"
3) An-Mei tells Rose that she "stood tall and listened to her mother standing next to her."
PART III. Pick four significant quotes from TKAM and integrate them with context!
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3) Original Quote:
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