Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Recognizing Tone

What is the author's primary purpose in the chapter you have just read?

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  1. The purpose is to describe the forest in a scary way to try to warn people not to go in the forest alone at night. I think....... Our book is Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.


    -Morgan, Hayley, Shelby.

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  2. I think the purpose was to hint that something new and different is about to happen

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  3. I think it's to show how Benjamin and his wife are getting farther and farther apart from each other since he's getting younger and she's getting older. I think the tone is kind of serious, but humorous at the same time.

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  4. The purpose of The War of the Worlds chapter was to show that everything was getting back to normal, but then the second cylinder hit.

    ADDISON, Ben, Jeff, Caleb, and





    brandon

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  5. I think the purpose in this chapter is to inform you about how Benjamin and his wife are changing in age. His wife is getting older and Benjamin is getting younger. I think the tone in this chapter is serious and humorous.

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  6. The purpose of the chapter was to explain how Emma interacts with other people.

    *Faith & Noelle*

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  7. the purpose of the chapter is to shed some light on Ellen Olennska's history.

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  8. The purpose of the chapter was for Mr. Elton to declare his love for Harriet.

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  9. The purpose of this chapter is to inform you about the latest case that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson will be working on.
    -Nick

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  10. The purpose of the chapter is to explain Catherine's decison on marring Mr. Earnshaw.

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  11. The purpose of the chapter is that Emma and Mr. Knightley are discussing Harriet's feautures and who Harriet will get married to.

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  12. To explain what happens ounce Mrs. Bennet comes to visit Jane.

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  13. explaining the fear that has been brought and fear of garlic

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  14. I think the purpose in this short story was that you should never carry a burden because it just gives you bigger burdens and more greedy people with those burdens.

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  15. To explain who Mr. Bingley was to Mrs. Lucas and to tell her about the ball. They also told Mrs. Lucas about Mr. Darcy.

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  16. The purpose or moral of this chapter I think is that You shouldn't be greedy because it just brings more trouble and a heavier load. Don't bite off more that you can chew.

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  17. this chapter was about a man who keeps trading things. He thinks he has the greatest of luck. When he losses his last traded treasure in the river, he is overjoyed because it was a heavy load, but now he has nothing

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  18. this chapter is about ishmael being scared about his roommate

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  19. The purpose of the chapter was to say that Lizzy shouldn't waste her time on Mr. Darcy and that Mr. Bingley was really nice and was worth Jane's time trying to impress him. They told all this stuff to Mrs. Lucas.

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  20. I think the purpose of this chapter is to describe the the terror the Martians are causing toward the people and to show that curiosity sometimes overpowers caution.

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  21. H.G. Wells describes in this chapter the world as in an apocalyptic state and anarchy. He makes almost feel for the characters.

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  22. The purpose is to set the characters and to show how Watson and Sherlock Holmes meet.

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  23. The purpose of this chapter is telling how Lydia, Mary, and Elizabeth are going to town to see Colonel Forster. The mood is kind of dark because Mrs. Bennet has a bad cold and it is raining outside.

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  24. The purpose of this chapter is to get things ready for when they go out to sea

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  25. In this chapter it talks about the tenseness of the situation. They don't know what to do try to find the treasure or not.

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  26. The author trys to make the story suspenseful.
    Brent

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  27. The purpose of the first chapter is to introduce the characters and to show how watson and sherlock holmes meet.

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  28. In this chapter H.G Wells purpose is to show the idea that there could possibly be evolution in the future

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  29. In this chapter Sherlock Holmes goes to investigate a murder and shows up two different other detectives proving a bunch of their theorys wrong

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  30. the author wanted to show how tragic a death can be and the effect>

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  31. The purpose of this chapter was that there was a lot of excitement about the cylinder, and it was all calming down until the second cylinder landed on Earth.

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  32. I am reading the hunchback of notre dame and the tone in this chapter is serious and unpatient as the people are waiting for Jupiter to do something but the common people keep interupting

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  33. I read the twelveth chapter and the the tone is really dark and the narrator is running through the town looking at all of the destruction.

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  34. Tavern a bar
    Scooner a sailing ship

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  35. The tone of chapter 13 is gloomy and dark.

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