Name: _________________________________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: _____

WARM UP
FICTION (WRITING APPLICATION), DAY 17
GRADE 10

“So you didn’t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .”
“Because experience is the only teacher,” Hey-Soos says. “Even if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture.
Why do you think kids don’t listen to their parents, or people don’t leave churches and do what the preacher tells them?
There’s only one thing that’s universal.”
“What’s that?”
“The truth.”
Reading: Use the passage above from the novel Deadline, by Chris Crutcher, to answer the following questions.

__________1. What does the conversation reveal about “Hey-Soos?”

A. He is not confident that people will learn from their mistakes.

B. He is wise and understands how people learn.
C. He is tired of lying.

__________2. Which line of dialogue provides the best evidence that “Hey-Soos” understands how the listener would
have viewed his advice?

A. Why do you think kids don’t listen to their parents,

B. Because experience is the only teacher,
C. Even if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture.

(1) I used to get annoyed when my parents gave me a curfew on the weekends. (2) We discussed and debated each time
ending in an ugly argument. (3) I changed my mind since then. (4) My best friends have gotten in dangerous situations
by staying out all night. (5) I’m quite sure I would have suffered the same consequences if I didn’t have a curfew.

Editing: Torrence has written an essay to express his opinion about curfews. Read this paragraph and look for the
corrections and revisions he should make. Then answer the questions that follow.

__________3. What is the correct way to write sentence 2?

A. We discussed and debated. Each time ending in an ugly argument.

B. We discussed and debated, each time ending in an ugly argument.
C. Ending in an ugly argument, each time we discussed and debated.

Revising: Use the same passage to answer the following question.

__________4. Torrence wants to improve the transition between the second sentence and the fourth sentence. Which
sentence can replace sentence 3 to accomplish this goal?

A. I have changed my mind since then because I have learned some hard lessons.
B. I have realized since then that there are rules for a reason.
C. I have changed my mind since then because it has saved me from getting in trouble.

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