My Perspectives Unit 4 Review

Verbal irony: A character says one thing, but means something else.

Example: “Nice day,” a character says, when it is pouring rain outside.

Situational irony: A character or the reader expects one thing, and something completely different happens.

Example: A mean, ugly ogre turns out to be kind and generous.

Dramatic irony: The audience knows something that a character does not know.

Example: A character shows up bright and eager for his job, not knowing that the company has gone bankrupt and he no longer has a job.

Which type of irony is used in the following example.

William works hard at his job. His boss never gives him a raise. William decides he will not work so hard. A few months later, his boss says, “Good work, William. I’m going to give you a raise.”

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of irony is used in the following scenario.

An actor sits in his dressing room getting ready to go on stage in a play. In walks the actor’s manager. “Here’s hoping that you break a leg out there,” the manager says to the actor. The actor smiles.

• dramatic

• situational

• verbal

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Persuasive Appeals

emotion - gut level reaction / heart strings

reason - reasonable to conclude

logic - evidence, facts to prove

authority - a person of higher rank or position says so / expert opinion

Which persuasive appeal is being used in the following example.

A little boy says that his friends should not go swimming in a river because his Mama said there were germs in the river.

• emotion

• reason

• logic

• authority

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut.

Which appeal is being used here?

• emotion

• reason

• logic

• authority

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night."

Which appeal is being used here?

• emotion

• reason

• logic

• authority

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The tone of a literary work is the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject and characters. The tone can often be described by a single adjective, such as formal, playful, or respectful.

Did you see all those people out there? I can’t walk out on that stage with all those people staring at me. What am I going to do? I can’t do this. I can’t! How can you be so calm? What’s the matter with you? There must be at least 300 people out there! I—I can’t breathe! I think I’m going to faint!

• kind

• angry

• panicked

• excited

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Fools" said I, "You do not know

Silence like a cancer grows

Hear my words that I might teach you

Take my arms that I might reach you"

But my words like silent raindrops fell

And echoed in the wells of silence

The tone of this poem is

• commanding

• happy

• questioning

• lighthearted

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which line most supports the tone of the lyric.

• "Fools" said I, "you do not know!" Silence like a cancer grows

• Hear my words that I might teach you

  Take my arms that I might reach you"

• But my words like silent raindrops fell

• And echoed in the wells of silence

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the mood of the following passage

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

• happy

• lighthearted

• unsettling - creepy

• sinister - dangerous

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which line from the poem most supports your mood choice?

• In restless dreams I walked alone

• narrow streets of cobblestone

• In the halo of a street lamp

• I turned my collar to the cold and damp.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5