Word Meaning and Tone
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Objective
I can analyze how an author's word choices create a cumulative impact on the meaning and tone of a text.
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Practice
12 questions
Explain how changing "need" to "could use" alters the tone of Liz's request to her mom.
Identify two specific word choices Liz makes in her text to her mom and explain what effect she is trying to achieve with each.
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Exit ticket
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“How does the use of the word "slithered" instead of "walked" change the tone of the sentence, "The snake slithered through the grass?" Explain how replacing the word "happy" with "ecstatic" affects the intensity of the sentence, "She was ecstatic about the news." ”
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