[{"id": 1, "type": "multiple_choice", "skill": "author purpose", "options": ["To provide step-by-step instructions", "To persuade the audience to think critically about the topic and take action", "To entertain with a lighthearted story", "To describe a personal vacation experience"], "question": "What is the author's primary purpose in \"Letter from the Western Frontier, 1849\"?", "difficulty": "medium", "explanation": "Author's purpose is the reason the author wrote the text: to inform, persuade, entertain, or express.", "needs_review": false, "correct_answer": "To persuade the audience to think critically about the topic and take action"}, {"id": 2, "type": "multiple_choice", "skill": "rhetoric", "options": ["Only ethos — claiming authority without supporting it", "Logos — logical reasoning and evidence", "The author uses no rhetorical strategies", "Only pathos — emotional appeal without any evidence"], "question": "Which rhetorical appeal does the author use most effectively in this passage?", "difficulty": "hard", "explanation": "Rhetorical appeals include ethos (credibility), pathos (emotion), and logos (logic). Strong arguments blend multiple appeals.", "needs_review": false, "correct_answer": "Logos — logical reasoning and evidence"}, {"id": 3, "type": "multiple_choice", "skill": "tone", "options": ["Angry and hostile", "Humorous and sarcastic", "Thoughtful and persuasive", "Indifferent and bored"], "question": "Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?", "difficulty": "medium", "explanation": "Tone is the author's attitude toward the subject, revealed through word choice and style.", "needs_review": false, "correct_answer": "Thoughtful and persuasive"}, {"id": 4, "type": "short_answer", "skill": "literary devices", "question": "Identify one example of figurative language or rhetorical technique in the passage. Name the device and explain its effect on the reader.", "difficulty": "hard", "explanation": "Look for metaphor, simile, parallelism, rhetorical questions, repetition, or imagery.", "needs_review": true, "correct_answer": null}, {"id": 5, "type": "written_response", "skill": "literary analysis", "question": "Write a well-developed analytical paragraph responding to \"Letter from the Western Frontier, 1849.\" Your response should: (1) state a clear claim about the author's central argument or theme, (2) include at least two direct references to the text, (3) explain how the evidence supports your claim, and (4) consider the effectiveness of the author's approach. Use formal academic language.", "difficulty": "hard", "explanation": "", "needs_review": true, "correct_answer": null}, {"id": 6, "type": "multiple_choice", "skill": "text structure", "options": ["There is no clear structure", "The passage only uses bullet points", "The organization builds the argument logically from evidence to conclusion", "The random structure confuses the reader intentionally"], "question": "How does the structure of the passage contribute to its effectiveness?", "difficulty": "hard", "explanation": "Authors choose structures that support their purpose: chronological, cause-effect, problem-solution, etc.", "needs_review": false, "correct_answer": "The organization builds the argument logically from evidence to conclusion"}, {"id": 7, "type": "multiple_choice", "skill": "text structure", "options": ["The organization builds the argument logically from evidence to conclusion", "The random structure confuses the reader intentionally", "There is no clear structure", "The passage only uses bullet points"], "question": "How does the structure of the passage contribute to its effectiveness?", "difficulty": "hard", "explanation": "Authors choose structures that support their purpose: chronological, cause-effect, problem-solution, etc.", "needs_review": false, "correct_answer": "The organization builds the argument logically from evidence to conclusion"}, {"id": 8, "type": "multiple_choice", "skill": "text structure", "options": ["The random structure confuses the reader intentionally", "The passage only uses bullet points", "The organization builds the argument logically from evidence to conclusion", "There is no clear structure"], "question": "How does the structure of the passage contribute to its effectiveness?", "difficulty": "hard", "explanation": "Authors choose structures that support their purpose: chronological, cause-effect, problem-solution, etc.", "needs_review": false, "correct_answer": "The organization builds the argument logically from evidence to conclusion"}]