Thinking Critically about Text and Visuals

Read “The Alternate History of Susan Chung” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 12.61

1. Fact or Opinion The author writes, “Maybe my parents would have preferred a son instead of a daughter” (para. 16). Is this a statement of fact or opinion?

Question 12.62

2. Visual A photo appears on p. 257. Why do you think it was included? How does the inclusion of this photograph affect your response to the reading?

Question 12.63

3. Inference What can you infer from the last sentence of Callahan’s essay?

Question 12.64

4. Conflict and Tension How does the author build tension? What is the climax of the story, and how does she resolve the tension?

Question 12.65

5. Writing Write the letter that you think Callahan would have written to her birthparents, given what she learned from her adoption file. Be prepared to share your letter with the class, and discuss the reasons you wrote the letter you did.

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