Prompt: In Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior leaves his reservation to access better education, while his peers are left behind with inadequate resources and opportunities to get ahead in school. Once Junior transfers schools, he faces a number of culture and race-related issues with a mostly white population at Reardan. Junior’s story about navigating life in school is fictional but representative of the actual education disparities and issues that take place in the U. S. amongst the Native American community that causes students and families to make a sacrificial choice between high-quality education and cultural identity preservation. How can these problems be addressed so students can have access to both? Write an argumentative essay that highlights one area of education reform for Native American students that should be prioritized. The specific focus of your argument should be based on literary sources read throughout the unit (you may also reference Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian). Include the significance of this issue as well as how it should be addressed. **This essay should be 5 paragraph with 5 sentences in each paragraph**

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question 1

one of the main differences between central idea and theme is

a) theme is found when you have one main character, central idea is limited to stories with multiple characters.

b) themes are explicitly stated and central ideas are not.

c) central ideas can only be found in narrative writing, while themes can be found in multiple types of literature.

d) central idea can be found in both fiction and nonfiction texts.

question 4

when reading "nameless, tennessee", we know that we are looking for a central idea and not a theme because

a) its a short story. short stories only have a central idea.

b) its a non-fiction text. non-fiction does not have a theme, only central idea.

c) themes are directly stated and there isn't one directly stated in "nameless, tennessee".

d) all of the above.

question 6

read the excerpt.

"we had a doctor on the ridge in them days. as good as any doctor alivin'. he'd cut a crooked toenail or deliver a woman. dead these last years."

how do the details in this excerpt to develop the central idea?

a) they give insight into the doctor's motivation for people.

b) they depict the poverty and lifelessness of the town.

c) they explain why people wanted to get away from the town.

d) they reveal some of the meaningful human history of the unnamed town.