POV & Perspective
Word Choice- Tone and Mood
Connotation/Denotation
Essential Vocab
Figurative Language
100
This POV uses words like "I" and "mine"
What is 1st person
100
This is the feeling associated with a piece of writing?
What is mood?
100
This is the feeling related to a given word
What is connotation?
100

The way the author feels about what they’re writing and how they show it.

Tone

100

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"—"She was as fast as a cheetah."

Simile
200

If someone outside the story is telling it.

3rd Person

200
the attitude of the writer toward the subject or the audience
What is tone?
200
This is an example of... gold digger means someone who works with the Earth to uncover hidden gold.
What is denotation?
200

The feeling the reader gets when reading the story.

Mood

200

Saying one thing ISanother—"He has a heart of gold."

Metaphor

300

Which POV (1st, 2nd, 3rd) is used for formal or school writing?

What is 3rd person?

300
Joyful, serious, humorous, sad, threatening, formal, informal, pessimistic, and optimistic. These are examples of tone or mood?
What is tone?
300
This is the literal meaning of a word
What is denotation?
300

When the author uses words to paint a picture in your mind by describing how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel.

Imagery

300

Giving human qualities to things that aren’t human—"The wind whispered through the trees."

Personification

400

If the narrator is a character in the story.

1st Person

400
“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.” This creates a peaceful mood or tone?
What is mood?
400

As the full moon rose over the old, haunted house on the hill, the wind howled through the twisted branches of the gnarled trees.

connotation

400

The words that 2 or more characters say to each other in the story.

Dialogue

400

Author's appeal to at least some of these to create imagery. 

The 5 Senses

500

This point of view is rarely used, but includes key words like "you" or "yours" and can also be written as directions, instructions, or commands. 

2nd Person

500

“I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.” Is an example of what?

Tone
500

This gives more meaning to a text because it describes feelings instead of definitions.

What is connotation?

500

The perspective from which the story is told (who is telling the story).

Point of View

500

When writers use words in creative or unusual ways to make the reader imagine something or feel a certain way.

Figurative Language
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