Best Left Unsaid: Determining Matters of Brevity and Clarity

In this interactive tutorial, you'll hone your skills of analysis using excerpts of the essay "For Brevity and Clarity" by Ambrose Bierce. You will sharpen your skills identifying textual evidence to support what an author states directly and as well as draw inferences from the text. You'll then learn to distinguish what is stated through satire and determine what amiguities the author creates.
Resource ID#: 117355 Type: Original Student Tutorial
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Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 11, 12
Intended Audience: Students
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s)
Keywords: English Language Arts, text evidence, explicit evidence, implicit evidence, matters left uncertain, ELA, Language Arts, textual evidence, inferences, Ambrose Bierce, For Brevity and Clarity, ambiguities, essays, nonfiction, emoticons, satire, directly stated, indirectly stated, claim, author's claim
Instructional Component Type(s): Original Student Tutorial
Resource Collection: Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12

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