1) Examine lines 75-85. Identify statements that show how Soto feels about the work he's doing. What change has occurred in his attitude since he first arrived at the farm?

2) Reread lines 299- 310. Which sensory details help you imagine how the Tejano looks and sounds?

3) What type of agriculture work does Soto prefer? Draw a conclusion about why he has this preference?

4) What's Soto's attitude toward agriculture work?

Write a summary about what you have learned about interpreting literature and presenting it to an audience.

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point

What is the narrators main conflict in this passage