Comparing Audio to Text

Comparing Audio to Text

You will need to know about the following effects for the next two lessons. You will also be tested on this on Friday!

Open Ended

What different effects do you feel when you hear and audio version of a book vs. when you just read it in your head?

Multiple Choice

"Coca-Cola! Long ago, Salva's father had once brought a few bottles of Coca-Cola back from his trip to the market"

In what way is the authors showing Salva's emotion about the flight attendant offering him Coca-Cola?

• The way he described the taste of the drink

• by the use of the exclamation point

• by saying he liked Coca-Cola

Multiple Choice

What is the effect you could have from the way the reader says, "Salve struggled-kicking, clawing. He's holding on to me too hard...I can't...air...no air left..."

• suspense

• speeds up the reading

• Creates questions for the readers

• explains the thoughts of the characters

Open Ended

what is the mood a reader should feel when reading the following excerpt and explain why:

"There it was.

Salva Dut-Rochester, New york.

Salva was going to New York. He was going to America!"

Multiple Choice

How does the author's tone shift in the following excerpt?

"Then-

WHOOSH!

A spray of water shot high into the air!...

...Everyone cheered at the sight of the water. They all laughed at the sight of the two workers who had been operating the drill."

• It becomes calmer

• It becomes more urgent

• it becomes more happier

• it becomes more tense