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TASK 4 MYSTERY WORDS

1. INSPIRATION

2. LYRE

3. ENTRANCED

A. something that brings on creative activity B. motivation A. a small stringed musical instrument B. similar to a harp A. to put somebody into a trance B. charmed

TASK 4 MYSTERY WORDS

4. CONDEMNED

A. to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment B. doomed

5. SUMMONED

A. sent for B. called forth

The author of more than 25 books for children, Alice Low was born in New York City in 1926. She graduated from Smith College in 1947. Low published her first works for children while raising her own three kids,

and went on to combine writing with jobs producing educational filmstrips, teaching creative writing, and doing editing and editorial consulting. She has also volunteered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

She is the author of Orpheus, a myth. Perhaps best-known for her amusing fiction for young children — including the popular The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches, which she has since turned into a musical — Low has also written nonfiction, adapted myths and legends, and selected works for anthologies. Low lives in Briarcliff Manor, New York, where she enjoys singing and playing tennis.

PROCESSING QUESTIONS:

1. What was the greatest strength of Orpheus? Answer: his talent in music What was his weakness? Answer: Euridyce 2. What effect did Orpheus’s music have on people and gods? Cite two examples. Answer: People and gods are charmed by his music

Answer: Men and women forgot their cares when gathered around him to listen. Answer: Hades wept and Persephone’s heart melted. 3. Why did Orpheus decide to rescue his wife from the underworld? Answer: because he longed for Eurydice so deeply 5. What reasons might the gods have for allowing Orpheus and Eurydice be reunited? Answer: The gods felt the sadness.

6. Explain why the gods gave a condition to Orpheus and to his bride to return to the earth. Answer: to test them 7. What main characteristic of this text makes it a myth? Answer: the intervention of gods and goddesses in the life of mortals. 8. To whom does Orpheus owe his talent? Answer: Calliope, his mother Why was he able to win the sympathy of the gods?

Why was he able to win the sympathy of the gods? Answer: because of his music 9. In what situations were the gods willing to help humans? Answer: When they are affected by what’s happening to humans 10. Does the story reveal certain realities about Greeks? Answer: Yes

11. What does the story reveal about the concept of gods in Greek mythodology? Answer: Gods are helpful. Answer: Gods punish those who do not obey them.

PROCESSING QUESTIONS:

1. How do the elements help you understand the flow of the story?

2. What is the theme of the story? Answer: Trust Love conquers all. Acceptance

3. In what way do the elements contribute to your understanding of the selection’s overall theme?

Tone is the attitude of the writer.

Mood is the feelings of the writer. Purpose is the reason of the writer. . Technique is the style of the writer..

The tone of the story of Orpheus is serious because it aims to deliver the message of acceptance seriously to the readers that they may understand that some things even if how hard we try, if it's not meant to be, it's not gonna be meant to be.

The mood is tragic or sad because after all the efforts that Orpheus exerted, he still failed to get back his wife.

The purpose of the story is probably to remind everyone that sometimes, the best solution is to accept that some things are meant to be gone. Read more on Brainly.ph - https://brainly.ph/question/198332#reore

The technique used in the story is simple narration in a way that it can be understood by readers of all ages.

AGE 1: An excerpt from H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man

THE STRANGER came early in February one winter day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking as it seemed from Bramblehurst railway station and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. He was wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face but the shiny tip of his nose; the snow had piled itself against his shoulders and chest, and added a white crest to the burden he carried. He staggered into the Coach and Horses, more dead than alive as it seemed, and flung his portmanteau down

“A fire,” he cried, “in the name of human charity! A room and a fire!” He stamped and shook the snow from off himself in the bar, and followed Mrs. Hall into her guest parlour to strike his bargain. And with that much introduction, that and a ready consent to and a couple of coins flung upon the table, he took up his quarters in the inn.

1. What does the author most likely want to convey through the use of the phrase “ready consent to and a couple of coins flung upon the table"? A. The stranger's lack of manners and thoughtfulness. B. The stranger's desire to quickly get to his room. C. The stranger's greediness in bartering. D. The stranger's discomfort.

The correct answer is B. The stranger is desperate for warmth. We know that because he's covered in snow and asks for human charity, which we can only assume is because he's cold. So even though we know he is uncomfortable, the correct answer is NOT D. The author uses the words "ready consent," which means "eager or quickly willing" consent and coins "flung" upon the table to indicate a hurried pace. Yes, we know it's because he's uncomfortable, but the phrases indicate speed.

AGE 2: An excerpt from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters. ‘My dear Mr. Bennet,’ said his lady to him one day, ‘have you heard that Netherfield Park is leased at last?’

Mr. Bennet replied that he had not. ‘But it is,’ returned she; ‘for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.’ Mr. Bennet made no answer. ‘Do not you want to know who has taken it?’ cried his wife, impatiently. ‘You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.’ This was invitation enough. ‘Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise and four to see the place,

and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.’ ‘What is his name?’ ‘Bingley.’ ‘Is he married or single?’ ‘Oh, single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!’ ‘How so? How can it affect them?’

‘My dear Mr. Bennet,’ replied his wife, ‘how can you be so tiresome? You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.’ ‘Is that his design in settling here?’ ‘Design? Nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes.’

2. The author's attitude toward mothers trying to arrange marriages for their daughters could best be described as: A. accepting of the notion B. irritated with the notion C. astonished by the notion D. amused by the notion

The correct answer is D. Even if we read nothing beyond the first line, we'd get the sense that the author was slightly amused by the subject matter. The author further makes the scene amusing by pitting a complacent husband against his busybody wife. Austen depicts the mother as meddling, gossiping, and impatient. If Austen were irritated by the idea, she'd make the mother more unlikable. If she were astonished by the idea, then she'd make the husband act aghast when Mrs. Bennet brings it up. If she were accepting of the idea, then she probably wouldn't have written about it in a witty way. Hence, Choice D is the best bet.

3. What tone is the author most likely trying to convey with the sentence, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." A. satiric make fun of B. scornful deep hatred or disapproval C. reproachful expression of disapproval D. weary exhausted

The correct answer is A. This speaks to the tone of the excerpt as a whole. She's sarcastic about society's notion of marrying young women off to wealthy men. Her overreaching statement, "a truth universally acknowledged" is an example of hyperbole, which is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally." And although she may personally be reproachful or scornful of the idea, her tone does not convey it in this satire.

An excerpt from Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher

DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been ing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was— but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment,

with which the mind usually receives even the sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible. I looked upon the scene before me—upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain— upon the bleak walls—upon the vacant eye-like windows—upon a few rank sedges—and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees—with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium—the bitter lapse into everyday life—the hideous dropping of the veil.

There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher?

AGE 3

4. Which of the following choices provides the best answer to the author's final question posed in the text, while maintaining the tone of the article? A. It could be that I'd fallen into a nightmare without knowing it. B. It had to be the dreariness of the day. Nothing about the house itself was particularly depressing. C. The solution defied me. I couldn't get at the heart of my displeasure. D. It was a mystery I couldn't solve; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered.

The correct choice is D. Here, the answer must closely mirror the language in the text. The words used by Poe are complicated, as is his sentence structure. Choice B and D's sentence structure is too simple and Choice B's answer is incorrect based on the text. Choice A seems logical until you place it up against Choice D, which uses a complex structure and language similar to that already in the text.

5. Which emotion is the author most likely trying to rouse from his reader after reading this text? A. hatred B. terror intense fear C. apprehension fear D. depression sadness

The correct choice is C. Although the character feels depression upon viewing the house, Poe is trying to make the reader feel apprehension in the scene. What's going to come up? If he were trying to make the reader feel depressed, he would have spoken to something more personal. And he wasn't trying to terrify the reader in this scene, either. He would've used scarier content instead of relying on the dark, depressing words and phrases he does. And Choice A is completely off! Hence, Choice C is the best answer.