How do ideas influence individuals or events in the text? Choose one important idea or individual, such as Chang-bo, in Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, and demonstrate how an idea
influenced him or her, setting off a chain reaction of events. Introduce your idea with clear and
precise language and with vocabulary or idioms from the selection. Use your understanding of
informational text elements to determine how ideas, individuals, and events interact in the text.
Provide transitions to clarify connections in your information. Use a formal style and cite specific
textual evidence to support your response. Complete your writing with an effective conclusion that
leaves your audience with an understanding of your topic and with an idea, fact, or question to think
about.

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”