Day 5: In-class Essay

Students will demonstrate their learning by writing a five-paragraph essay response to one of the following questions. A good response will have at least three quotations correctly incorporated.

1. What changes and challenges did citizens of the former Soviet Union face as the USSR dissolved? Include a connection to a challenge or change that Americans have faced.

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2.  How does Alexievich use the genre of oral history to represent multiple voices? How does the polyphony of the text affect its meaning?