Directions: Read the story and answer the questions below. One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat. "What!" cried the Ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?" "I didn't have time to store up any food," whined the Grasshopper; "I was so busy making music that before I knew it the summer was gone." The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust. "Making music, were you?" they cried. "Very well; now dance!" And they turned their backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.

Answer Questions using A. C.E:
1. Is it fair for the grasshopper to ask the ants for help? What is fair? Cite evidence from the text and your own experiences in your answer.
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2. Do you think the ants were right to “turn their backs on the grasshopper”? Cite evidence from the text and your own experiences in your answer.
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3. In the context of this story, do you think it is more important to work hard or to have fun? Cite evidence from the text and your own experiences in your answer.
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4. In the context of this story, what is the key to success? Why do the ants succeed and not the grasshopper? Cite evidence from the text and your own experiences in your answer.
Please answer.

1) yes it is fair because he was hungry and they might have had extra food they were able to share. "drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer" Indicating that they had extra. Sharing with someone is always good.

2) In my opinion they were not right because it was rude. "turned their backs on th grasshopper and went on with their work"

3) I think it is important to have a balence of work and fun. The grasshopper had spent too much time having fun and making music, that he forgot to work and get food.

4) The key to sucess is to have balence in your life, you can play and have fun, or in the grasshoppers case make music, but you also need to work and be prepared for what is to come, because people (or animals) might not always be willing to help you.

Explanation:

this is more of an opinionated response

explanation:

answer it yourself

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).