Mood
The emotional effect the text creates for the reader; how it makes you feel when you read it.
What is mood?
The author's attitude toward the subject he/she is writing about?
What is tone?
The car was as big as an elephant.
What is a simile?
The purpose of "The car was as big as an elephant."
What is it's a simile to emphasize how big the car is by comparing it to an elephant.
The creation of pictures in a reader’s mind through the use of vivid words and details. (See, Hear, Smell, Taste, Touch)
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare.
What is a painful, tense, uncomfortable, stressed, overwhelmed tone?
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
What is a proud, confident, passionate tone?
Her eyes were diamonds.
What is a metaphor?
The purpose of "Her eyes were diamonds."
What is it's a metaphor to compare the sparkle or brightness of a diamond to the sparkle of her eyes.
A comparison that is carried through an entire descriptive passage or poem.
What is an extended metaphor?
She came out pulling At her gloves, face bright With rouge. I smiled, Touched her shoulder, and led Her down the street.
What is a welcoming, flirty mood?
So gently I offer my hand and ask,
Let me find my talk,
So I can teach you about me.
What is a respectful, calm tone?
The stars danced in the sky.
What is personification?
The purpose of "The stars danced in the sky."
What is it's personification that allows the reader to visualize the movement of the blinking stars and it's like they appear to dance.
Something that stands for or suggests something else; it represents something beyond the literal meaning.
What is a symbol?
Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday
What is a cold, uncomfortable, painful mood?
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
What is a determined, confident tone?
I'm drowning in paperwork.
What is a hyperbole?
The purpose of "Her inability to resist desserts was her Achilles' heel and she struggled to lose those last few pounds."
What is it's an allusion to Achilles' heel to show that desserts are her weakness.
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
I woke up to this dream of a country I didn’t choose, that didn’t choose me—trapped in the nightmare of its hateful glares.
What is an aggravated, frustrated, disappointed mood?
but by keeping its dreams,
it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else ever cared.
What is a proud, confident, passionate tone?
Fred fought furiously.
What is alliteration?
The purpose of:
Her face was a book
He could read her every thought and emotion
As he turned the pages with love and devotion
Her face was a novel
Her story yet to be told
He waited to hear her tale unfold
What is it's an extended metaphor to show how much he loves and cares for this woman and how he understands her thoughts and emotions and wants to get to know her even more.
A reference to someone or something commonly known from literature, history, religion or other areas of culture.
What is an allusion?