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Name: ______________________ ID: A
____ 20. Reread the passage from Theodore Roosevelt and the passage from The North Pole. Both nonfiction passages you read are chronological, but they use very different approaches. Which of the following BEST states the difference in structure and point of view between the two nonfiction passages?
a. Both passages are meant to argue a certain point of view. The passage from Theodore Roosevelt is written from the third-person point of view and tells the regiment's story. The passage from The North Pole is told from the point of view of the explorer Robert Peary, the first man to reach the North Pole.
b. The passage from Theodore Roosevelt is written from the third-person point of view. It describes Roosevelt's thoughts as he approached dangerous situations during the Spanish-American War. The passage from The North Pole is written in the first-person point of view. It spends most of its space recounting in detail what Peary and his team went through to get to the North Pole.
c. The passage from Theodore Roosevelt is straightforwardly chronological. It tells the story of the Rough Riders through the battle at Kettle Hill from an external viewpoint. The passage from The North Pole is also chronological but it spends much less time narrating events and devotes most of its space to reflections by the author, and it is written from his point of view.
d. The passage from Theodore Roosevelt is structured to make it exciting as it builds to the climactic battle. The passage from The North Pole does the same thing but from the point of view of the person who experienced the events.
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