Elements of Voice
Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
THOTS Vocabulary
Identifying Elements of Voice
100
Diction
What is an author's intentional word choice?
100
Annotate
What is to take notes?
100
Noun
What is the part of speech that refers to a person, place, thing, or idea?
100
Indignant Sample Sentence: He was very indignant about the changes.
What is feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base?
100
"She had worked for so many years in the dark, her face was chalk white and her blue veins were visible through her skin." Ch. 1, pg. 3 Identify the element of voice and its purpose.
What is imagery?
200
Imagery
What is the words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch)?
200
"Coming of Age"
What is a young person’s journey from childhood to adulthood?
200
Pronoun
What is the part of speech that refers back to the noun and takes the place of the noun?
200
Consternation Sample Sentence: The candidate caused consternation among his supporters by changing positions on a key issue.
What is a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay?
200
"Matt thought it was hard to promise something like that – nobody planned to forget – but he nodded." Ch 10. pg. 94 Identify the element of voice and its purpose.
What is syntax?
300
Tone
What is the writer’s attitude or feeling toward a person, a thing, a place, an event, or a situation?
300
Inference
What is an educated guess or judgment based on prior knowledge and text clues?
300
Adjective
What is the part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun – it answers the questions what kind, how many, or which one?
300
Tersely Sample Sentence: She gave me a few terse instructions and promptly left the room.
What is abruptly concise; curt; brusque?
300
"Yet in the midst of his sorrow, Matt found a glimmer of hope. Someone, out of all the people who thought he was no better than a dog, believed he could be something more." Ch. 14, pg. 139 Identify the element of voice and its purpose.
What is tone?
400
Syntax
What is the way in which words are put together to make meaningful phrases, clauses, and sentences?
400
Denotation
What is the specific dictionary definition of a word?
400
Verb
What is the part of speech that describes/expresses an action or state of being?
400
Cache Sample Sentence: Police found a cache of stolen cars in the woods.
What is a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures?
400
"'You can't leave me. We're compadres,' said Fidelito." Ch. 30, pg. 297 "At any rate, turkeys went into the wild-eyed, head-banging panic when a red-tailed hawk went over. Gobble-obble-obble-obble, they shrieked, even though they weighed five times as much as a hawk and could have stomped it into the ground. That was what Matt heard when the boys trotted out his crimes: Gobble-obble-obble-obble." Ch. 30, pg. 298 Identify the element of voice and its purpose.
What is diction?
500
Voice
What is an author’s distinctive style of writing?
500
Connotation
What is the emotions or associations a word normally arouses in people using, hearing, or reading the word?
500
Adverb
What is a part of speech that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb - it answers the questions how, when, where, or to what extent?
500
Disconsolately Sample Sentence: Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in.
What is without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable; cheerless; gloomy?
500
"Matt was incapable of speech. How could anyone want Maria to marry Tom? He was such a - such a rotten little pustule! It was unthinkable! He turned on the flashlight he always left in the passage and leaned it against the wall. He could see her pale face in the shadows." Ch. 21, pg. 209 Identify the element of voice and its purpose.
What is an appalled and flabbergasted tone?
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