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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Author's Purpose
Level: Grade 8
Standards: CCRA.R.6, RL.8.6
Score: 1
Tags: ELA-Literacy.RI.8.6
Author: szeiger
Created: 11 years ago

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Celebrating a Leader

Mao Zedong is considered a highly regarded founding leader of the People's Republic of China. He was a great revolutionary and strategist who transformed China. Mao led China to victory in the Chinese Civil War and turned the country into a major power. Mao put an end to two decades of international and civil war and lifted China through his policies. When China became a republic on 1 October 1949, Mao became the Chairman of the People's Republic of China. Mao is also considered one of the most influential poets of modern China. An avid poet and calligrapher, Mao wrote traditional Chinese verses. His poetry is part of mandatory reading in Chinese elementary schools.


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The Truth behind Mao

Many historians and academics criticize Mao Zedong's political career. They claim his social and political programs only harmed China's domestic progress. Mao's "The Great Leap Forward" program and the Cultural Revolution only led the country backwards. Critics argue that these programs hurt China's culture, society, and economy. Mao's land reform movement took away life-savings from many landowners. Mao ran numerous campaigns to suppress his political enemies. Historians remind us that Mao ordered mass killings of many people who did not support his revolution. Many of Mao's enemies were publicly executed. Mao also damaged China's relations with the rest of the world.

Grade 8 Author's Purpose CCSS: CCRA.R.6, RL.8.6

How does the author of passage 2 distance himself from the critique?
  1. He attributes the negative ideas to others
  2. He says he has no opinion on the leader
  3. He argues in favor of the leader
  4. He includes his own opinions and beliefs