Question

citing evidence: informational text — quiz — level h
woodson at a book reading
today woodson is the best - selling author of many different kinds of books for kids and young adults, about all sorts of characters. “i get bored just writing one thing,” she explains. she has written several books in free verse — including her award - winning memoir brown girl dreaming — even though poetry scared her as a kid. “i thought it was some code.... i didn’t know what was going on with the line breaks and the words,” she remembers.
which text evidence best supports the inference that jacqueline overcame personal obstacles to become a writer?
it took some poems from a teacher and a prize for her writing for jacqueline to feel. also, at first, she found poetry to be, but that changed. now, she has written many books in free verse and believes that poetry can be.

Explanation:

To determine the best text evidence, we analyze the context. The relevant part from the passage is: "She has written several books in free verse —including her award - winning memoir Brown Girl Dreaming—even though poetry scared her as a kid. 'I thought it was some code.... I didn’t know what was going on with the line breaks and the words,' she remembers." Also, the sentence "It took some poems from a teacher and a prize for her writing for Jacqueline to feel [confident] (inferred from overcoming obstacles). Also, at first, she found poetry to be [scary] (as per her childhood fear), but that changed. Now, she has written many books in free verse and believes that poetry can be [a party] (her current view)" aligns with her overcoming personal obstacles (fear of poetry, not understanding it) to become a writer. The key evidence is about her initial fear of poetry and later success, so the text with details of her overcoming this fear (like the parts about poetry scaring her as a kid and then writing many poetry - related books) is the best support.

Answer:

The text evidence: "She has written several books in free verse —including her award - winning memoir Brown Girl Dreaming—even though poetry scared her as a kid. 'I thought it was some code.... I didn’t know what was going on with the line breaks and the words,' she remembers." (along with the fill - in - the - blank sentence context about her overcoming these challenges with teacher's help, prize, and changing view on poetry)