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Post Test: Elements of Creative Nonfiction
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Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs.
Match the description of each speech to the audience it addresses
students at a school
viewers at a sports event
family and close friends
citizens of a nation
The speech has a semiformal tone. It includes charged words to motivate
listeners and casual terms such as folks to address them. The speech is also
broadcast over television. It narrates, predicts, or retells some of the events
the audience witnesses.
The speech uses a casual tone and simple words. The speaker adds a few
personal jokes and snide remarks about some of the audience members.
The speech is conducted in a small area without any audio equipment.
The speech has a formal tone. It includes terms such as we and us to refer to
the audience. It is broadcasted over television and radio. The speaker talks
about being proud of the recent achievements of th

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend

Question 5 the poet protests against child labor and condemns the harm done to children exploited in this practice. yet in lines 23-24, the child narrator writes that “tho' the morning was cold, tom was happy and warm / so if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” this is an ironic expression of the narrator’s

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.