Central Idea/OS
What is the central idea?
the main idea that the author wants you to remember the most
What is text structure?
how the information within a written text is organized
What is tone?
how the author’s attitude is expressed through words or details he or she selects
What is the definition of mood?
The feeling the readers gets from a text
What root word means "body"?
corp
A summary that is a short statement that gives the main points or ideas of something based on facts.
Objective Summary
List the three types or rhetorical appeals
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
What is the term for the word that has either positive or negative feeling association?
Connotation
What is the term for a lesson or message that is given to us and is NOT one word?
Theme
What is the other type or rhetorical appeal we don't use in this class?
kairos
What is included in an objective summary and what do we NOT include??
the central idea and 3-5 sentences summarizing the main points without any facts or opinions
List the 3 main types of purposes
inform, persuade, entertain
What are the words called that we use to describe tone?
Diction
What is the mood in Romeo + Juliet when the Nurse tells Juliet she should marry Paris?
Betrayal, answers vary
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is the author's attitude. Mood is the reader's feeling from reading the passage
What is the central idea of MLK's "I Have a Dream"?
Answers may vary
What structure was Romeo and Juliet told in?
Play structure
What does SOAPSTone stand for?
Subject, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Speaker, Tone
What is one theme in Romeo and Juliet?
Answers vary but should not be just one word.
What is the setting of the movie Romeo + Juliet?
Verona Beach
What is the central idea in "Romeo and Juliet"
The Montagues and Capulets family feud came to an end after losses. Answers may vary.
A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war. What text structure would this book be?
chronological/sequence
What is the tone?
Gently smiling, the mother tenderly tucked the covers up around the child’s neck, and carefully, quietly, left the room making sure to leave a comforting ray of light shining through the opened door should the child wake.
loving
What is the mood at the end of Romeo and Juliet?
Answers Vary
Name all of the members of One Direction
Zayn, Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis