Citing Textual Evidence Worksheet

Citing Textual Evidence: Grade 12

Read the passage below carefully. Then, answer the questions that follow, using textual evidence to support your responses.

Passage: The Weight of Expectations

Eleanor had always felt the immense weight of her family’s legacy. Her grandfather, a renowned astrophysicist, and her mother, a celebrated concert pianist, had set an impossibly high bar. Every report card, every piano recital, every science fair project was scrutinized not just for its merit, but for its potential to uphold the family name. She yearned for the freedom to explore her own interests, perhaps in art history, a field her family considered 'frivolous.' This internal conflict manifested in her artwork; vibrant, chaotic strokes often battled with precise, almost mathematical lines, a silent rebellion against the structured path laid out for her. The silence in the house after she confessed her desire to apply to art school was deafening, a silence that spoke volumes of disappointment and misunderstanding.

1. What is the central conflict Eleanor faces in the passage? Provide textual evidence to support your answer.

2. How does Eleanor's internal conflict manifest in her artwork? Cite specific details from the text.

3. Which of the following best describes Eleanor's family's perception of art history?

4. Eleanor's grandfather was a renowned  , and her mother was a celebrated  .

5. The silence in the house after Eleanor confessed her desire to apply to art school was  , speaking volumes of   and  .

6. Eleanor felt no pressure to follow in her family's footsteps.