From Deep Survival

PPT Questions
Question 1:

Reread lines 30-36, state the

main idea of the paragraph in
your own words. What details
support that idea? Cite the text
evidence for support.
Question 2:

When using anecdotes, authors

chose them carefully to make
specific points. Read lines 37-44,
why did the author chose to use
the anecdote from Alive?
Question 3:

The author supports his anecdotes

and observations with other types of
evidence to develop his ideas. Read
lines 98-105, identify the types of
evidence that the author presents.
Why might he use such evidence?
Question 4:

Read page 328, identify the

inference that the author makes
about Byron Kerns.
Question 5:

Read page 329, identify the

simile. Interpret the simile and
explain why the author might
have used it in the passage.
Question 6:

Once an author introduces a central

idea, they may use a variety of
techniques to develop it so readers can
get a better understanding. Reread lines
171-197 and explain how the author
further develops the idea that he
introduced in lines 161-165.
Question 7:

Identify a simile in lines 208-217

and explain its meaning and
purpose in the text.
Question 8:

Read page 331, state the

metaphor that is used and
explain how it develops the
authors central idea.
Question 9:

Read page 333. Identify two

things that the author is
contrasting. What does this
contrast suggest about survival
situations?
Question 10:

Reread lines 339-349, and make

an inference about why
survivors would describe their
experience as beautiful.