English 10 Unit 7 Review

English 10

Unit 7 Review

By Cynthia Phillips

Diction ​

​Diction is word choice.... so euphemism would fit under diction.

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Connotation​ -- is a word's suggested meaning. Writers might choose words with positive connotations to make readers feel good about a subject. Or they might select words with negative connotations to make you feel the opposite.

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Denotation -- Dictionary meaning.... it is what it is.​

What flavor is your connotation?​

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has the most positive connotation?

• carefree
• lazily
• hastily

Multiple Choice

Consider the following sentences. I hear my brother talking on the phone with his girlfriend. I hear my brother chatting on the phone with his girlfriend. How does the connotation of the word chatting in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose?

• It implies the conversation is not serious.

• It implies that the conversation is funny.

• It implies anger or resentment in the conversations.

• It implies the conversation is very serious.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences and answer the question. I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most stubborn person I know. I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most persistent person I know. How does the connotation of the word persistent in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose?

• It implies a positive characteristic.

• It implies an increasingly negative characteristic.

• It implies a careless characteristic.

• It implies a playfully irresponsible characteristic.

Tone ​ 7.1.3 page 5

​All our diction choices, euphemisms, connotations and denotations help shape the tone of our writing.

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Tone -- ​The attitude of an author or narrator toward the subject matter or the reader.

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Our tone and diction help us to be persuasive.​

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Multiple Choice

"We have some important news for you Mr. President.  We have discovered a terrorist plot against the United States" said the CIA agent.  The President closed the book, set it on the desk, and leaned forward, his eyes fixed straight ahead.  "Tell me everything you know." 
What is the tone of the dialogue?

• Informal
• Happy
• Serious
• Optimistic

Multiple Choice

No sooner had she said it than there he was, "Mister Irresistible" himself.  Throwing big, cheesy winks at everyone in the room, walking with a swagger like a cartoon baseball player.  He slithered his way over to their side of the room.
What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Enthusiastic 
• Serious
• Mocking
• Sorrowful 

​Also refresh your memory on the Speech Andrew Jackson gave to Congress "On Indian Removal" and Michael Rutledge's memoir from his great grandfather, "Samuel's Memory."

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They are referenced in the test so be sure to refresh yourselves.​

​Our communications with each other contain many different types and layers of meaning, such as words, gestures and other nonverbal cues, tone or urgency, ease or difficulty, and so on. We sort through these meanings every day, often without thinking about it. For example, consider the scenarios below.

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​Be sure to refresh your reading/listening/watching of the three accounts of Hurricane Katrina. These pieces are referenced in questions so you will want to have them fresh in your minds.

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Realize that radio broadcasts, tv reporting, and newspaper articles all affect the public differently.​

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Remember that NPR is National Public Radio.​

​7.2.2 pages 4, 5 and 6 show us how we react differently to different media.

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The explosion of the Hindenburg in 19​37 in Lakehurst, NJ.

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FYI -- more people survived than died from that flight! ​pg 8

​Shocking... how we react to various news reports. . .

​Fable --- 7.3.1 page 2

​A very short story that uses animals to represent or stand in for common human characteristics.

Conveys a life lesson in a way that's enjoyable and memorable​.

Multiple Choice

Fables ____________.

• teach us a lesson
• are non-fiction stories
• tell us how to be good students
• show us how to draw

​Satire 7.3.1 page 5

​Satires are different from fables and parables because they usually don't state their lesson or moral outright.

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Instead, they use humor to try to make a reader or audience member think. By thinking, the audience members can figure out the message without the author telling them directly.

Multiple Choice

What is satire?

• The use of literary devices to create cinematic, rich images
• The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly
• The use of personification and metaphor to create a unified tone and theme
• A form of zeitgeist

​Rhetorical Appeals 7.3.6 page 2

Multiple Choice

"Mr. Anderson is clearly the most qualified candidate for the open teaching position.  He has a doctorate in elementary education, 25 years of teaching experience in public schools, and has been twice awarded for his innovative style and classroom management skills."

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• None of these.

Multiple Choice

"If his years as a Marine taught him anything, it's that caution is the best policy in this sort of situation."

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• None of these.

Multiple Choice

"After years of this type of disrespect from your boss, countless hours wasted, birthdays missed... it's time that you took a stand."

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• None of these.

Multiple Choice

"Private demand for this product has tapered off for the past three years, and this year's sales figures are at an all time low.  It's time to research other options."

• Ethos 
• Pathos
• Logos
• None of these.

Multiple Choice

The main purpose of Satire is to...

• Agree with something
• Make people laugh
• Criticize something
• To bring about change

Multiple Choice

Satire is

• drawing a conclusion based on facts.
• taking advantage of someone or something for one own's benefit.
• a form of speech which contains an expression of less strength than what would be expected. In satire, the understated language may be ironic.
• provoking change or reform through poking fun at society's vices

​7.3.6 page 8

deals with an unreliable narrator​

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A narrator whose understanding or interpretation of the events in a story is heavily biased or untrustworthy.

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​The narrator of "Top of the Food Chain:" is an unreliable narrator.

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The narrator is not the same as the writer. The writer makes the narrator unreliable for a reason.​

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