Characterization & Theme
A message about life or human nature
What is theme?
You would call me irresponsible.
What is negligent?
conveys factual information about real people, places, and events
What is informational text?
Events may be presented this way, instead of sequential.
What is out of chronological order?
Students completed their final project.
What is active voice?
It applies to people across cultures and time periods
What is universal theme?
You might extend this to someone in the loss of their loved one.
What is condolence?
The most important concepts the writer wants the reader to understand.
What is main idea?
Short, choppy sentences along with interjections signal this.
What is fast pacing?
The author published the novel last year.
What is active voice?
What is characterization?
The way a writer creates and develops characters' personalities by their words, actions, and thoughts.
Showing concern and compassion for someone.
What is empathy?
The facts, reasons, and examples that support or explain the main idea.
What are details?
Longer sentences with many descriptive details indicate this.
What is slow pacing?
A cover of the song was performed by the band.
What is passive voice?
People are connected in mysterious ways.
We have no control over some aspects of our lives.
Each of us is vulnerable to 'unseen forces'.
What is the theme of 'Entwined'?
impatient, impossible, and immoral: in these words, the prefix 'im' means
What is 'not'?
Tell the writer's main ideas and leave out most of the details.
What is summarize?
This literary element is often used to advance (move forward) the narrative.
What is dialogue?
The equation can be solved by a student.
What is passive voice?
Pain, loss, physical and emotional prisons, and the idea that one can be a prisoner to the past.
What are the themes of 'Gift-Wrapped Fathers'?
irrevocably, irregular, irreplaceable, irresistible, irrational: the prefix 'ir' means
What is 'not'?
When paraphrasing, retelling a text in your own words, you want to be sure not to do this.
What is plagiarize?
This genre conveys factual information and experiences, but uses literary techniques like characterization and nonlinear narrative.
What is literary nonfiction?
The student body will oppose the new dress code policy.
What is active voice?