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New Hampshire Frameworks Correlations
Chiasmus 
This
web site is devoted to the literary and rhetorical device known as chiasmus.
Chiasmus is the the reversal of words in parallel expressions. For example,
the phrase "Quitters never win and winners never quit." You can learn
about the different types of chiasmus; read quotes from some masters of chiasmus
like Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, and William Shakespeare; test your skill
with a chiastic Quiz Show; or look at examples of chiasmus in the New Yorker
and the Boston Globe.
Intended Audience:
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Language
Arts: Writing Curriculum Standard 2
Students will demonstrate the interest and ability to write effectively for
a variety of purposes and audiences.
Proficiency
Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to: -
Enhance their writing by using a variety of sources to provide background information,
supporting details, and
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Understand and employ the elements of effective writing including purpose, topic
development, organization, details, sentence structure, paragraphing, vocabulary,
word choice, tone, and style.
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Use a variety of forms to develop ideas, share information, influence, persuade,
create, and entertain.
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Use specific techniques, such as stating startling facts, relating anecdotes,
drawing analogies, using metaphors, beginning with descriptions, using quotations,
developing text, and using introductions and conclusions, to enhance the effectiveness
of their writing.
Curriculum Standard 4Students will demonstrate competence in understanding, appreciating,
interpreting, and critically analyzing classical and contemporary American and
British literature as well as literary works translated into English.
Proficiency Standards
By the end of grade ten students will be able to:-
Demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of literature from various
cultures and times, written for a variety of purposes and in a variety of genres
such as the classics and contemporary American, British, and world literature,
and works by Pulitzer and Nobel prize winners.
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Identify, analyze, and interpret literary themes and elements.
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Stand apart from a text and consider it objectively by performing a range of
tasks including critically evaluating; comparing and contrasting; understanding
the impact of the organizational structure; and analyzing the use of such elements
as satire, irony, humor, bias, redundancy, symbolism, analogies, metaphors,
and poetic license.
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Critically analyze and evaluate texts for their practical, informational, or
aesthetic value; for writer's craft; for writer's biases; and for the inherent
ability of the work to communicate.
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