Comprehensive 10th Grade Review

Comprehensive 10 Grade Review

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A. Rodgers English II '23-'24

• Types of Evidence

• Satire

• Irony

• Parts of a Plot

​Review

• Rhetorical Devices

• Figurative Language

• Tone

• Author's Purpose

• Ethos, Logos, Pathos

​Taught

In this lesson, we will review 10th grade skills we have learned or reviewed this year:

Rhetorical Devices

A rhetorical device is a use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience. Repetition, figurative language, and even rhetorical questions are all examples of rhetorical devices.

Multiple Select

Which are types of rhetorical devices? (Select all that apply)

• alliteration

• metaphors

• parallelism

• irony

• repetition

Multiple Choice

Which rhetorical device example is parallelism?

• "For Liberty, For Justice, For All"

• "We are ALL God's Chosen People"

• "A rose by any other name would be just as sweet."

• "It's raining cats and dogs."

​Figurative Language

Figurative language is a type of communication that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning. Common in comparisons and exaggerations, figurative language is usually used to add creative flourish to written or spoken language or explain a complicated idea.

Word Cloud

Type two examples of figurative language that is NOT metaphor or simile to add to the Word Cloud (example of a word cloud to the left<).

Tone

Tone in literature refers to the author’s attitude toward a certain topic. Through specific word choice, the author reveals their feelings and opinions to the reader, conveying the author’s intentions behind the text. The tone of a story is always described using an adjective.

Tone is NOT:

- a specific character's attitude toward something
- The attitude toward the narrator, including the attitudes of first person.
- The mood or moods evoked.

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt and determine the author/speaker's tone based off their word choice:

• Industrious

• Shy

• Complicated

• Frustrated

An author's purpose is his reason for or intent in writing. An author's purpose may be to amuse the reader, to persuade the reader, to inform the reader, or to satirize a condition.

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​Author's Purpose

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose of the excerpt?

• persuade

• explain

• inform

• entertain

Multiple Choice

Read the example and determine if it is using ethos, pathos, or logos.

• pathos (appeal to emotion)

• logos (appeal to logic)

• ethos (appeal to credibility)

• all three

• Logical Reasoning/arguments

• Expert Opinions

• Case Studies

• Ancedotes(short experienced stories)

• Data or statistics

• First-Person Interviews

​Most commonly used evidence

Types of Evidence

Multiple Select

What type of evidence is the example? (Choose all that apply)

• Statistics

• Anecdotal Experience

• Logical Reasoning

• Case Study

• Definition

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

​Irony

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

​Satire

Satire & Irony

Multiple Choice

Is the example satire or irony based on the definitions from the previous slide?

• Irony

• Satire

​There are three types of literature-based irony that you will see everywhere from comic books to theatircal movies.

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Types of Irony

Multiple Choice

What type of irony is the example?

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Romantic Irony

• Verbal Irony

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