I. A man is about to give a speech to a large audience on biology. Suddenly, he remembers playing with frogs and toads in his backyard as a curious child. He smiles at the memory, and then begins to speak to the audience about a new, groundbreaking finding about frogs.

1. What is the style of the author in writing?

2. What is the theme of the passage?

3. What is the point of view?

4. If you will give the ending, what will it be?

5. Do you like how is it written? Why or why not?



II. It seemed like an ordinary day when she got up that morning, but Lynda was about to embark on the worst day of her life. First, she fell in the bathtub because her mother forgot to rinse out the bath oil. Then she spilled orange juice on the outfit she had spent hours putting together for school pictures. When she changed, she messed up the French braid her mother had put in her hair. As she walked out the door, she dropped all of her school books and her math homework flew away. Once she made it to the car she thought everything would be all right. She was wrong; her father didn't look before he backed out of the driveway and ran into the neighbor’s truck. Lynda’s side of the car was damaged the most, and she ended up with a broken arm. That night, she cried herself to sleep.

1. What is the style of the author in writing?

2. What is the theme of the passage?

3. What is the point of view?

4. If you will give the ending, what will it be?

5. Do you like how is it written? Why or why not?