Study Guide for Iqbal/Persuasive Writing Unit

Part I: Iqbal

Basic Comprehension: Main Characters

For each of these characters – answer the following questions:

1. Who was this person?

2. What is this person’s purpose in the story?

3. What kind of person was this character? (use adjectives to describe internal and external characteristics)

Iqbal: ______

Fatima: ______

Salman: ______

Karim: ______

Maria: ______

Hussain Kahn: ______

Eshan Kahn: ______

Secondary Characters:

Twig: ______

Mohammed: ______

Ali: ______

The Mistress: ______

Comprehension Part II: Main Events

1. Describe the way in which Iqbal came to the carpet factory. ______

2.Why was Iqbal first sent to the tomb?

______

3. How did Iqbal first escape? ______

Where did he go? ______

What happened while he was there? ______

4. What happened when Iqbal came back? ______

5. What did Iqbal bring back with him when he returned? ______

6. Describe the event that led to Iqbal being allowed out of the tomb the second time. ______

7. What did the children learn to do? Who taught them? Why was this surprising? ______

8. What happened that allowed Iqbal to escape a second time? ______

9. What happened to the carpet factory as a result of Iqbal’s second escape? Where did the children go? What happened to them? ______

10. What did Iqbal decide to do? How did he do it? ______

11. What happened to Fatima? How did she learn about Iqbal’s death? ______

Comprehension Part III: Setting

12. Describe what happened when a child first came to the factory – what were they told and how did they earn their freedom? ______

13. Describe the marketplace where Iqbal first escaped? ______

14. Describe Iqbal’s experience at the brick kiln? ______

Vocabulary: use the book to help you define the following:

1. bonded labor: ______

2. perseverance: ______

3. clandestine: ______

4. intervene: ______

5. exploit: ______

6. endearments: ______

7. cistern: ______

8. delude: ______

9. loathed: ______

10. fugitive: ______

Skills:

Parallel Structure:

The three reasons that parallel structure is used are:

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

Review your notes so that you can identify sentences that are and are not in parallel structure and be able to write a sentence in parallel structure.

Persuasive Arguments:

The three parts of a logical argument are:

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

Be able to identify the three parts in a written argument. Be able to write an argument using the three parts successfully.