Trifles Part 2 Review

The men in Trifles do not think that the ladies are able to find evidence to help them out in the investigation.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Throughout Trifles the word choice used in the responses of the men to the women suggest that the men think the women are

• dangerous and subversive

• silly and superficial

• 
  lazy and annoying

• helpful and accommodating

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which word best describes the men's attitude toward the women in Trifles?

• arrogant

• proud

• kind

• protective

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Verbal Irony is...

• 
  the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.

• a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Diction is...

• the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions, usually using terms related to the 5 senses

• refers to the speaker/writer’s word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A means of convincing an audience using authority or credibility refers to

• Rhetoric

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

To convince an audience by appealing to their emotions

• Rhetoric

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

To convince an audience using logic or reason with factual evidence

• Rhetoric

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A short story told to illustrate a point (great for ethos or pathos, not so much for logos):

• Anecdote

• Euphemism

• Slippery Slope

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

• 
  The time and place of the story

• 
  The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

• The summary of events in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4