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NameMs. GaunttAmerican Lit.DateSpringboard Lesson 1.23 – The Road to Success (PART TWO)Directions: Read and review the following quotations about money and then using complete sentences write a brief explanation of what each quote means. Proofread your writing carefully before submitting your work to .Making Observations1. What words does the author use to indicate his feelings?2. What idea most captured your attention in this essay? Be specific and explain fully.Returning to the Text – Return to the speech as you respond to the following questions. Use text evidence to support your responses.1. How does the author address a potential counterargument in paragraph 5–6? Be specific and explain fully.2. How does the author's mixture of slang, colloquialisms, and pop culture references with his formal tone and language increase the text's effectiveness? Be specific and explain fully.3. The author places the sentence “Thanks to my own education, for example, I can tell George Eliot from T. S. Eliot, I can handle the pluperfect tense in French, and I know that Caesar beat the Helvetii because he had enough frumentum” in paragraph 8 within parentheses (a?parenthentical?statement). Why does he make this statement parenthetical instead of writing it out normally?4. Who is the author's intended audience for this article? Provide details from the text to support your answer. Be specific and explain fully.5. Does the author's choice to consider real and fictional examples of “dropouts” have a positive or negative impact on his argument? Explain your answer using text evidence.Check Your UnderstandingHow do these 2 pieces (Obama’s speech and Zinsser’s essay) complicate, confirm, or challenge what you have learned about the American Dream? Can the American Dream be both failure and success? Explain your opinion fully in no less than three complete sentences. ................
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