Benchmark 1 Review

• by summarizing how Miss Taylor became a governess for Emma

• by explaining the difference in social class between Emma and Miss Taylor

• by describing how Miss Taylor and Emma went from employer/employee to friend

• by comparing how Emma treated Miss Taylor at the beginning of the story to how she treated her at the end of the story

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

• The Woodhouses settled Highbury.

• The Woodhouses governed Highbury.

• The Woodhouses were the largest family in Highbury.

• The Woodhouses were the most important family in Highbury.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What does paragraph 8 suggest about English society in the early 1800s?

• A woman of wealth need not marry.

• Governesses have low social status

• Farming is the foundation of the economy.

• Distinctions of class are openly acknowledged.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

The author references the changing relationship between Emma and her father throughout the course of the passage. Select two quotes from the passage that show the changing relationship between Emma and her father.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

How does the author create suspense in paragraph 4?

• by indicating Emma’s high selfesteem

• by expressing Emma’s enjoyment of her life

• by describing conflicts Emma has with others

• by offering information about evils surrounding Emma

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How does the author use paragraphs 5 and 7 to build tension between Emma and her father?

• by describing the joy they find in one another’s company

• by describing the closeness of their relationship after the marriage

• by describing the awkwardness between Emma and her father once Miss Taylor married

• by describing the anger both Emma and her father felt towards Miss Taylor upon her departure

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

• Emma is powerful and arrogant.

• Emma is carefree and confident.

• Emma is spoiled and self absorbed.

• Emma is demanding and self righteous.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A?

• “. . . they had been living together as friend and friend, very mutually attached, and Isabelle doing just what she liked; highly esteeming Katherine’s judgment, but directed chiefly by her own.” (paragraph 3)

• “She dearly loved her father, but he was no companion for her. He could not meet her in conversation, rational or playful.” (paragraph 7)

• “She had many acquaintances in the place, for her father was universally civil, but not one among them who could be accepted in lieu of Katherine for even half a day.” (paragraph 8)

• “It was a melancholy change; and Isabelle could not but sigh over it, and wish for impossible things, till her father awoke, and made it necessary to be cheerful.” (paragraph 8)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

• The narrator views the father as caring.

• The narrator has sympathy for the father.

• The narrator views the father as arrogant.

• The narrator approves of the father’s position.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why does the author include the description of the setting in paragraph 8?

• to emphasize the loss Emma has experienced

• to reveal Emma’s limited opportunities to meet people

• to highlight the importance of Emma’s status in society

• to describe the elegance of the village in which Emma lives

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5