This excerpt is best known as _______ type of speech in drama.
LENNIE: (pleading) Come on, George . . . tell me! Please! Like you done before. GEORGE: You get a kick out of that, don’t you? All right, I’ll tell you. And then we’ll lay out our beds and eat our dinner.
What is dialogue
100
What are three potential tone words one can use?
What is gloomy, condescending, excited, etc
100
Another word for this word is Grit
Think: Determined
Persistent
What is tenacious
100
What pronoun needs to be changed to correct the following sentence
Valentine’s Day is named after Saint Valentine; him lived in the 200s. His a Catholic saint, and his holiday is celebrated by people who are Catholic and people who are not..
What is him to he and his to he
100
The facts and statistics below represent this type of rhetorical device
Between 1990 and 2013, the male status dropout rate declined from 12 to 7 percent, with nearly the entire decline occurring after 2000 (when it was still 12 percent). For females, the rate declined from 12 percent in 1990 to 10 percent in 2000, and then decreased further to 6 percent in 2013. From 1997 through 2012, the status dropout rate was higher for males than for females, but in 2013 the rate for males was not measurably different from the rate for females.
What is Logos
200
The words in the parenthesis are best known as _____________
LENNIE: Go on, George. (Unrolls his bed and lies on his side, supporting his head on one hand. GEORGE lays out his bed, sits crosslegged on it. GEORGE repeats next speech rhythmically, as though he had said it many times before.)
What is Stage Directions
200
How is Othello characterized in the play Othello?
What is jealous
200
Another word for this word is Give in
Think
Passive
Allow
What is submissive
200
The following nouns need to be changed in order for noun agreement to be consistent.
The teachers shook their head because they thought it was funny, but David and Isabel were happy to have their souvenirs.
What is head to heads
Why? Nouns don’t like it when their relationship status changes.
Nouns have to agree in number—start with plural, end with plural; start with singular, end with singular.
200
This organizational pattern causes you to ask yourself: What needs to be changed? What was wrong? How can it be made better? What do you want me to do?
What is Problem/Solution
300
Name the type of dramatic speech the excerpt is below.
(6)LINDNER: [More frustrated than annoyed] No, thank you very much. Please. Well— to get right to the point I— [A great breath, and he is off at last] I am sure you people must be aware of some of the incidents which have happened in various parts of the city when colored people have moved into certain areas—[BENEATHA exhales heavily and starts tossing a piece of fruit up and down in the air] Well— because we have what I think is going to be a unique type of organization in American community life— not only do we deplore that kind of thing— but we are trying to do something about it. [BENEATHA stops tossing and turns with a new and quizzical interest to the man] We feel— [Gaining confidence in his mission because of the interest in the faces of the people he is talking to] we feel that most of the trouble in this world, when you come right down to it— [He hits his knee for emphasis] most of the trouble exists because people just don’t sit down and talk to each other.
What is monologue
300
How is George and Lennie’s relationship Characterized _______________
What is interdependent and/or antagonistic
300
Another word for this word is
Excitement
Think...Enthusiasm
Fast
What is alacrity
300
Edit these confusing words.
Love has (to, too) many dramatic (effects/affects) on your brain.
Elizabeth got more roses (then/than) Esmerelda.
What is is too, effects and than
.
Why? Then is an adverb to situate actions in time. Than is a conjunction used mainly in making comparisons.
First do this, then do that; my candy is better than your candy.
Affect is an action (verb). Effect is a noun.
Israel was extremely affected by the candy gram he received; its effects were joy and blushing.
300
This rhetorical device
Was used to convince readers to believe the credibility of the speakers.
A political candidate talks about his experiences as a soldier, as a businessman, and as a politician-in contrast to his opponent.
What is Ethos
400
When it comes to dramatic conventions, you can use this to say something harsh in a nice way__________________
What is euphemism
400
Name the 7 potential thematic subjects that could apply to most of the texts we have read
What is war, love , poverty , American Dream, racism, Stereotypes, gender, society
400
Another word for this word is
young
think.. innocent
experience
What is ingenuous
400
SVA
The first word in this sentences needs to be changed to ____
Is my mom or my sisters in college going to mock my boyfriend?
What is Are
Why? Or makes a love triangle. The verb should agree with whatever subject is closest.
Olga or Briana has a crush on Adrian.
Olga or the Pena sisters have a crush on Adrian.
400
This Organizational Pattern Arranges information according to how two or more things are similar or different from one another (or both).
What is Compare and Contrast
500
This device is known as an over exaggeration.
What is hyperbole
500
The Glass Castle is written in _______ person point of view?
What is First
500
Another word for this word is
guilty
think..responsible
crime
What is culpable
500
Verb Consistency
In the following sentence tells needs to be changed to _____
Before I moved to Virginia, my boyfriend Alex tells me that he loved me.
What is told.
Why? Verbs Have a Type. They like to stay in the same tense (past, present, or future).
Past: Jesse broke her heart. She cried for days.
Present: She loves him. He likes her, he guesses.
Future: He will ask Angelica on a date. It will make him sweat with nervousness.
500
“If we do not leave this place soon, we will end up yelling for help. We do not see anyone to help us here. So, leave this place and live”
Is an example of this rhetorical device