Perspective
Tone & Mood
Word Choice
Language Devices
Point of View
100
Name 1 of the 8 factors that influence perspective
(Answers may vary)
Personality, Lifestyle, Cultural Background, Gender, Age, Personal Experiences, Spirituality, Education
100
This is the writer's or the speaker's attitude toward a subject or a topic.
Tone
100
What is also known as the dictionary definition of a word?
Denotation
100
Which language device is used to give human-like qualities, emotions, and actions to inanimate objects?
Personification
Ex: The wind whispered through the trees.
100
Which POV?
Definition: The narrator is a character in the story and tells the events from his or her own perspective.
1st person
Uses words like I, me, my, we, ours
200
Perspective determines how characters _______ & _________ what’s happening within the story.
view and process
200
This is the particular feeling or atmosphere something has or creates; how you feel when you read something.
Mood
200
What kind of connotation does the word "childish" have?
Negative
200
Which language device is used in the sentence below?
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore."
Alliteration
200
This POV is often used in recipes or instructions
2nd person
Uses words such as your, yours
300
A historical fiction novel is told from the perspective of a young girl in a family, describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s.
What is the author's purpose for writing this text?
To entertain
300
What is the tone of the following sentence? (Answers may vary)
"'Here we go again,'" he moaned, as he watched the other team score yet another goal.
A negative tone:
Ex: Sarcastic, annoyed, disappointed, tired
300
You would use this type of language when texting with your friends, hanging out at a football game, or posting a Snapchat story.
Informal language
300
Which language device is used in the sentence below?
"She knocked on the door-- tap, tap, tap."
Onomatopoeia
300
Determine the POV:
"My mom just told me that I can get my first phone! I can't wait to tell my friends at school tomorrow!"
1st person
400
An author writes a story through the perspective of an unreliable narrator. What POV is it most likely written in?
1st person
400
The mood of this photo may be described as: (Answers may vary.)
A negative mood
Ex: depressing, disheartening, eerie, gloomy
400
What language is used in the example below?
"To whom it may concern:
Penelope is sick, so she will not be at school today."
Formal language
400
A red heart is an example of a.....
symbol
400
Determine the POV:
When Mandy was five, her parents took her to her first Broadway show. Now, she's an actress and earned a leading role in her high school's spring musical.
3rd person objective
500
To which type of unreliable narration does this example belong?
The wolf saying he blew down the houses because he sneezed.
Unreliable Narrator: Liar
A narrator who purposefully misinterprets the truth, typically for their own self-preservation.
500
The words that determine the tone in this passage are...
"Although I had tried hard and had followed the steps of the scientific method, my experiment didn't work." I dragged myself into class and slouched in my seat, not raising my hand.
dragged and slouched
500
What is the denotation of the word "stench"?
A bad smell
500
Which language device is used in the sentence below?
"She had a smile that resembled that of Mona Lisa."
Allusion
500
Determine the POV of the passage:
One bright morning Dan said, “I love coffee." He sat on his porch with his wife, breathing in the fresh air. Amy said, “Me too,” agreeing with her husband and appreciating their view. Both of them thought that they were lucky to have each other.
3rd person Omniscient