Irony
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Nonfiction - Today's Telephone Passage
Revising & Editing
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True or False. Below is an example of irony: You study all-week for a spelling test, then mis­spell your name on the test.
What is true
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Although I was unable to understand all of the details of the presentation, I did get the gist of it. What does gist mean? A-humor B-main point C-notes
What is main point
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In Scene 1, the dialogue between the students reveals- A-the students want to go back to school B-the students do not want to go back to school C-the principal is their BFF
What is the students do not want to go back to school
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What does endurance mean in paragraph 2? A-eats a lot B-has special powers C-ability to run a long time
What is ability to run a long time
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Change "And" to a better transition word for this sentence: And that is why joining sports was a great decision for me! A-So B-In conclusion C-Finally
What is In conclusion
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True or False: Below is an example of irony: You go to the store to buy some food, only to find out you forgot your cell phone.
What is false
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One brother is an erudite professor; the other brother, however, has never shown any interest in books or learning. What does erudite mean? A-old B-well-educated C-stuck up
What is well-educated
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Principal Finley: HA! That's what you think! The author includes these lines to suggest- A-the principal is mean B-the principal is nice C-the principal has a sense of humor
What is the principal has a sense of humor
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A telegraph would send a ____________ by code. A-email B-text C-message
What is message
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Improve the clarity of this sentence: They went to the gym. A-He went to the gym. B-The students went to the 8th grade gym C-They ran to the gym.
What is The students went to the 8th grade gym.
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True of false. Below is an example of irony: You look for­ward to all the caramels and salt­wa­ter taffy you’re going to score on Hal­loween night, only to find out you’re get­ting braces on Octo­ber 30.
What is true
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At a special ceremony, the police chief gave the officer a commendation for bravery. What does commendation mean? A-award B-letter C-lecture
What is award
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The stage directions at the beginning of Scene 1 are included to: -set the scene -make a joke -inform the audience about plays
What is set the scene
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The passage is meant to_______________ A-entertain B-inform C-persuade
What is inform
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Rewrite this sentence to provide more details and imagery: He didn't have any cool shoes. A-Tommy didn't have any cool shoes. B-Tommy didn't have any Vans, which I think are cool. C-He didn't have any Vans.
What is Tommy didn't have any Vans, which I think are cool.
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How can you make the below statement ironic? You have 1 minute to respond. You can’t wait to play with the radio-controlled car that your par­ents gave you for your birth­day, but _______________.
What is answers vary
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The waiter was so brusque that we left only a small tip. What does brusque mean? A-frightening B-rude C-smart
What is rude
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What lines from the play show that Principal Finley has a sense of humor- A-You kids having a good summer? B-HA! That's what you think! C-I bet it seems like you'll never go back to school.
What is HA! That's what you think!
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The passage is what type of text feature? A-cause and effect B-problem solution C-In order
What is in order
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What revisions need to made to this sentence? It's going to rain on saturday and my football game. A-Change on to On/change and to during B-Change saturday to Saturday/change on to On C-Change saturday to Saturday/change and to during
What is Change saturday to Saturday/change and to during
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Come up with your own example of irony. You have 1-2 minutes to respond.
What is answers vary
500
Come up with your own sentence with clues for the word: famulus. You have 2-3 minutes to look up the word and make a sentence. Teacher can give the meaning if time is running out.
What is it means servant
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Give a short 2- 3 sentence summary of Scene 1 of the play. You have 2 minutes to prepare.
What is answers vary.
500
Give a summary of this passage using beginning, middle, end & the author's purpose/message. You will have 2 minutes to prepare.
What is answers will vary
500
What is the best way to combine these sentences? He was tardy. Its was his third one. He got ISS. A-He was tardy and it was his third one and he got ISS. B-He was tardy, it was his third one, so he got ISS. C-He got his third tardy resulting in ISS.
What is He got his third tardy resulting in ISS.
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