Read “The Lady in Red” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Tone Describe the tone of LeMieux’s essay. Highlight key phrases that reveal his attitude toward begging.
2. Connotation What connotation does the phrase “down on my luck” (para. 9) have?
3. Inference What can be inferred about the health of the lady in red? What details allow you to draw this inference?
4. Fact or Opinion In paragraph 3, is the author’s statement about begging fact or opinion?
5. Discussion Discuss why LeMieux includes the detail that the lady in red wore a “big brooch of an angel pinned to her lapel.”
6. Climax What is the climax of the story? How is the tension resolved?