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aCTIVITy 4.7
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elements of Humor: Comic Characters and Caricatures
my Notes
5. Craft and Structure: What is the meaning of the word “habitation” in paragraph 9? What clues in the text leading up to and including paragraph 9 support your response?
6. Key Ideas and Details: What tone does the niece convey with her description of the “tragedy” in paragraph 14? What effect might this precise detail have on her guest?
7. Craft and Structure: What context clues tell you the meaning of the word “bog” in paragraph 14?
8. Key Ideas and Details: Why is it “horrible” for Framton to listen to Mrs. Sappleton as noted in paragraph 19?
9. Craft and Structure: What is the meaning of the word “ailments” in paragraph 20? What clues in the text support your response?
10. Key Ideas and Details: What does the author tell the reader in his narration that makes Framton Nuttel appear silly and pathetic in paragraph 20? Why?
11. Key Ideas and Details: Why is Nuttel’s reaction to the return of the men in paragraph 25 comic rather than appropriate?
12. Key Ideas and Details: What aspects of the niece’s character are revealed in her last line of dialogue in paragraph 28?
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