Terms review
Types of Conflict
Tone and Purpose practice
100
What is tone?
The author's attitude toward their subject
100
A story about a deaf man learning how to speak would most likely involve what kind of conflict?
struggle against self
100
Identify the purpose in the following excerpt (inform, entertain, persuade): Celebrity photographers, also known as paparazzi, have gone too far in their quest to snap pictures of the stars. Everyone—even celebrities—should have the right to privacy, yet photographers routinely hound famous people everywhere they go. The creepiest of these photographers are not above following their prey into bathrooms or climbing trees to get shots of celebrities in their own homes. This constant invasion forces the rich and famous to become rude and mean, setting a bad example for their often youthful fans.
to persuade
200
An object that has a literal and figurative meaning
symbol
200
Antigone vs Caesar is what kind of conflict?
man vs man
200
What is the author's tone towards the paparazzi in this excerpt? Celebrity photographers, also known as paparazzi, have gone too far in their quest to snap pictures of the stars. Everyone—even celebrities—should have the right to privacy, yet photographers routinely hound famous people everywhere they go. The creepiest of these photographers are not above following their prey into bathrooms or climbing trees to get shots of celebrities in their own homes. This constant invasion forces the rich and famous to become rude and mean, setting a bad example for their often youthful fans.
critical
300
what is mood?
the atmosphere (or feeling) created by a work
300
Equality's struggle in Anthem was what kind of conflict?
man vs society
300
hat is the author's tone towards the celebrities in this excerpt? Celebrity photographers, also known as paparazzi, have gone too far in their quest to snap pictures of the stars. Everyone—even celebrities—should have the right to privacy, yet photographers routinely hound famous people everywhere they go. The creepiest of these photographers are not above following their prey into bathrooms or climbing trees to get shots of celebrities in their own homes. This constant invasion forces the rich and famous to become rude and mean, setting a bad example for their often youthful fans.
sympathetic
400
what is theme?
the life lesson, often universal, that we take away from a work
400
The people of Rome vs. the omens (fire, lions, etc) is what kind of conflict?
man vs self
400
What is the author's purpose in the following excerpt? In the cruel aftermath of World War II, the Marshall Plan saved Europe from economic and political disaster. In June 1947, then Secretary of State George Marshall announced that the United States would give aid to war-torn Europe by funding a massive aid program designed to restore European prosperity and security. This aid, which totaled $12.4 billion by the time the plan ended in 1951, required that the foreign aid be spent in the United States on American-made goods. Thus, it not only stimulated impressive European industrial production and investment, it also boosted the American economy.
to inform
500
what is a metaphor?
a comparison using unlike things, using a form of "to be"
500
Harrison Bergeron vs the TV projection system is what kind of conflict?
man vs technology
500
What is the author's tone in this excerpt (emotionally neutral, admiring, surprised, skeptical) In the cruel aftermath of World War II, the Marshall Plan saved Europe from economic and political disaster. In June 1947, then Secretary of State George Marshall announced that the United States would give aid to war-torn Europe by funding a massive aid program designed to restore European prosperity and security. This aid, which totaled $12.4 billion by the time the plan ended in 1951, required that the foreign aid be spent in the United States on American-made goods. Thus, it not only stimulated impressive European industrial production and investment, it also boosted the American economy.
emotionally neutral/ objective
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