Class 9 English — Chapter 17: If I Were You
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What you'll learn
- ▸Character Analysis: Gerrard
- ▸Character Analysis: The Intruder
- ▸The Intruder's Plan and Its Flaws
- ▸Gerrard's Clever Ruse
- ▸Theme: Intelligence vs. Brute Force
- ▸The Role of Dialogue in Characterization
- ▸Literary Elements: Suspense and Irony
- ▸Vocabulary and Phrasal Meanings
Chapter Summary
--- PAGE 1 --- 0959CH11 9. If I Were You BEFORE You READ * Gerrard lives alone in a lonely cottage. An intruder, who is a criminal, enters his cottage. He intends to murder Gerrard and take on his identity. Does he succeed? * The following words and phrases occur in the play. Do you know their meanings? Match them with the meanings given, to find out. cultured an informal expression for a fashionable vehicle count on unnecessary and usually harmful engaged exaggerated melodramatic sophisticated; well mannered to be smart here, a tone of voice inflection avoid wise guy an unexpected opportunity for success a dandy bus trap tradespeople a…
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- 💡 Many animals use clever camouflage to perfectly hide their true identity.
- 💡 No two people in the entire world share the exact same set of fingerprints.
- 💡 Some insects mimic poisonous species to cleverly trick predators into leaving them alone.
- 💡 The ancient Greeks used a giant wooden horse as a brilliant trick to capture a city.
- 💡 Octopuses are masters of disguise, changing skin color and texture in seconds.
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