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aCTIvITy 3.20
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Comparing Text and Film
my Notes
Second Read
• Reread the nonfiction text to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
15. Key Ideas and Details: What evidence in paragraph 7 supports the idea that sport had the effect that Mandela was counting on to unite his country?
16. Craft and Structure: Explain the expression “[t]here wasn’t a dry eye in the house” in paragraph 8. What did the author mean by “There wasn’t a dry eye in the country” in paragraph 9?
Check Your Understanding
Paragraph 7 suggests that a Hollywood scriptwriter would change the final scene. Why do you think they did not? What responsibilities do you think an author has when portraying a true event?
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