Refining Discussion Techniques — Unit test Answers

What are the characteristics of a successful group discussion? Select two options. The discussion focuses on only one or two points of view.The discussion focuses on some points of view more than on others.The discussion is dominated by one or two well-prepared participants.The discussion allows all group members to share their points of view.The discussion encourages group members with conflicting views to speak up.

Which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? Select two options.

What can Reggie do to be a successful moderator? Select three options.

Which quotation from a Shakespearean sonnet is a couplet?

Study the cartoon by James Silk.

What evidence supports the conclusion that "The Storyteller” uses satire to impart the theme that adults should respect children’s intelligence? Select two options.“‘Come and look out of the window,’ she added.“The child moved reluctantly to the window. ‘Why are those sheep being driven out of that field?’ he asked.”“‘Oh, look at those cows!’ exclaimed the aunt. Nearly every field along the line had contained cows or bullocks, but she spoke as though she were drawing attention to a rarity.”“The smaller girl made no actual comment on the story, but she had long ago recommenced a murmured repetition of her favourite line.”“The storyteller paused to let a full idea of the park’s treasures sink into the children’s imaginations; then he resumed.”“‘The story began badly,’ said the smaller of the small girls, ‘but it had a beautiful ending.’“‘It is the most beautiful story that I ever heard,’ said the bigger of the small girls, with immense decision.“‘It is the only beautiful story I have ever heard,’ said Cyril.”

Read the scenario, then answer the question.A city planner thinks that reconfiguring the business district’s busy downtown streets to allow for bike lanes is important and is worth the large cost. The lanes will help drivers and cyclists avoid accidents, and they will make the downtown area more attractive to bike commuters.

Read the excerpts from Does My Head Look Big in This? and Persepolis.Excerpt from Does My Head Look Big in This?:Forget sanity if you're the only one with a pass to sit in the back of church during service. Well, not every time. I remember once when I attended confession. I was in fourth grade. I was standing with my class in line to take the Eucharist. I wasn’t supposed to be in line but I didn’t feel like sitting like a loner in the back pew till the end of the service.Excerpt from Persepolis:Which statement is true about the narrators’ different perspectives?

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.”My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red, than her lips red:If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound:I grant I never saw a goddess go,—My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,As any she belied with false compare.

When participating in a group discussion, a good group member maintains a balance between

Which excerpt is an example of situational irony in Saki’s "The Storyteller”?

What excerpts from "The Storyteller” indicate that the aunt is unaware of her flaws? Select two options.“An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat, and the further corner seat on the opposite side was occupied by a bachelor who was a stranger to their party, but the small girls and the small boy emphatically occupied the compartment.”“‘Come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.”“‘It’s a very difficult thing to tell stories that children can both understand and appreciate,’ she said stiffly.“‘I don’t agree with you,’ said the bachelor.“‘Perhaps you would like to tell them a story,’ was the aunt’s retort.”“The aunt suppressed a gasp of admiration.”“A most improper story to tell to young children! You have undermined the effect of years of careful teaching.”

Study the editorial cartoon by Signe Wilkinson.

Study the cartoon More Beaches Reported with Unhealthy Contaminants by Don Landgren Jr.© Don Landgren – USA TODAY NETWORK.

Study the editorial cartoon by John Branch.