"Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris Flashcards

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create a SOAPSTONE analysis of “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris
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Sedaris, American in France, 41, cheerful

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create a SOAPSTONE analysis of “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris
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returning to school, learning French, living in Paris

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create a SOAPSTONE analysis of “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris
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people struggling with a second language or struggling to please someone who is hard to please

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create a SOAPSTONE analysis of “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris
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to express his satirical perspective of an uncomfortable situation

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create a SOAPSTONE analysis of “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris
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eloquent diction is used to invoke vibrant imagery in the reader’s mind

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create a SOAPSTONE analysis of “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris
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humorous, sarcastic

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (after being singled out as a lazy…)

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speaker

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (i hate you, she said to me…)

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tone

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (before beginning school, there’d been no shutting…)

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purpose

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (i’ve moved to Paris with hopes…)

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occasion

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (more to the point…)

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audience

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (unlike the french class i had taken in new york…)

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purpose

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (we didn’t know it then, but the coming months…)

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style

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (i’ve spent quite a few summers in normandy…)

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speaker

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (at the age of forty-one…)

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speaker

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (she crouched low for her attack…)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (after paying my tuition…)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (i absorbed as much of her abuse as i could…)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (I arrived early…)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (i absorbed as much…) (insight into the personality of the narrator)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (my comfort was the knowledge…)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (the seamstress did not understand what was being said…)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (it was startling because…)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (the teacher marched in…) (…creates humorous feelings)

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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (the teacher proceeded to belittle...)
style
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in which element of the SOAPSTONE analysis does the excerpt best fit? (the first day of class was...) (contributes to the message of the story)
purpose