Name: _________________________________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: _____

WARM UP
FICTION (WRITING APPLICATION), DAY 18
GRADE 10

“Friendship - my definition - is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be
mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.”
Reading: Use the passage above from the novel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, to answer the
following questions.

___A___1. What does the excerpt reveal about the speaker?

A. The speaker believes trust ensures that a friendship will be strong.

B. The speaker believes respect ensures that a friendship will be strong.
C. The speaker believes that one person can make a relationship strong with respect and trust.

___B____2. Which line of narration provides the best evidence that the narrator has spent time reflecting on
friendship?

A. You can have respect for someone,

B. -my definition-
C. the friendship will crumble,

(1) I do believe that honesty is the best policy. (2) It doesn’t mean that it’s the easiest road to take because being honest
can cost friendships. (3) Sometimes people can’t handle the truth. (4) When I had to tell a friend that I wouldn’t lie to
my parents, I could tell that she was frustrated, it felt like she wanted nothing more to do with me. (5) Sadly, we did
grow apart, but I learned a lot about self-respect.

Editing: Erin wrote the following response to a writing prompt in English class. Read her response and look for the
corrections and revisions she should make. Then answer the questions that follow.

__C___3. What is the correct way to write sentence 3?

A. When I had to tell a friend that I wouldn’t lie to my parents. I could tell that she was frustrated
because it felt like she wanted nothing more to do with me.
B. When I had to tell a friend that I wouldn’t lie to my parents, I could tell that she was frustrated.
Because it felt like she wanted nothing more to do with me.
C. When I had to tell a friend that I wouldn’t lie to my parents, I could tell that she was frustrated.
It felt like she wanted nothing more to do with me.

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

____B__4. Erin wants to end her response with a call to action. Which sentence should she add after sentence 5 to
best achieve this goal?

A. People should tell the truth because it’s the right thing to do no matter what happens.
B. Tell the truth because it’s better to lose a friend than to lose trust and dignity.
C. Honesty is the best policy because it ensures that things will work out for the best.
5.) the author beliefs that we may have mutual respect,but without trust their will never be a friendship.

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