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1. Summarize What is Anna Quindlen's claim in "A Quilt of a Country" Summarize her claim in your own words.
2. Interpret In lines 7-8, what does Quindlen mean when she describes America as being "like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms"
How does this description support her claim?
3. Evaluate What opposing viewpoint does Quindlen respond to in paragraph 3?
What counterargument does she offer to it? List the reasons and evidence she includes in her counterargument and evaluate if it is relevant and sufficient.
4. Analyze In paragraph 4, Quindlen uses repetition and parallelism- expressing related ideas using similar grammatical constructions. What sentence structure and words does she repeat? What is the effect of this repetition?
5. Analyze Reread Quindlen's conclusion. What specific words and phrases does she use to link the conclusion to her introduction? How do these words and phrases support her argument?
6. Evaluate Quindlen uses many different types of evidence throughout the argument to support her claim, for example, facts, statistics, and quotations.
Identity at least three examples of evidence and evaluate how she uses each one to support her claim.