Analyzing Text: Literature
Hints that will come later
What is Foreshadowing
The art of examining and evaluating types of media
What is Media Analysis?
It's used for dramatic effect to make a point; doesn't require an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
Word with same/similar meaning
Happy/Joyful
Action or process
Quality or state
Amount or degree
What is the suffix -ance?
Tension and uncertainty about what will happen next
Suspence
The main points of a text/Main idea
What is Summarize
How does the author feel or believe about the topic
Words with the opposite meaning
Happy/sad
What is an Antonym?
The rules or dialogue, comma usage, and Dashes
What is Revising and Editing?
I, Me, My, We, Our
What is 1st person?
The words and tone created by the author
What is Author's Style?
Finding synonyms and antonyms for particular words
What is using a Thesaurus?
No 's' on the verb, Be not is or are, and Were not was,
It's used to express a recommendation or a wish.
What is Subjunctive Mood?
She, His, It, Hers, He
What is 3rd person?
What is the purpose of the text or image
What is Author's Purpose?
I believe that dogs are better than cats, said the autor.
What is the author's argument?
Parts of words that can be added to the end of the word to change the meaning.
Friend +ship = Friendship
What is a Suffix?
The subject receives an action
Object +Action +Subject
Includes a form or be(was, am, are, been, is, were)
What is Passive Voice?
A character who is isolated from society as a result of being different.
What is a traditional Outsider Character?
"The test was rigorous," I said.
What is Vocab in Context?
Opposing/opposite side; goes against the author's argument
What is the Counterargument.
Adhering to or following/ A person who specializes or is an expert in
What is the suffix -ian
The subject and verb in a sentence or clause must agree in number
What is Subject-Verb Agreement?