Style, Voice, and Tone
This is how an author writes, including word choice and sentence structure.
What is style?
The main point of a text is called this.
What is the central idea?
This story ends without revealing which door the man chooses.
What is The Lady or the Tiger?
This article is about an entomologist helping filmmakers with insects.
What is The Spider-Man Behind Spider-Man?
A persuasive essay should begin with this main argument.
What is a claim?
At the start of the novel, Scout and Jem are most curious about this mysterious neighbor.
Who is Boo Radley?
This is the personality behind the writing.
What is voice?
Facts, examples, and explanations that develop the main point are called these.
What are supporting details?
This text uses humor and exaggeration by Mark Twain.
What is Roughing It?
This text explains the dangerous work of studying volcanoes.
What is Over the Top: The True Adventures of a Volcano Chaser?
Strong essays use this from the novel to support ideas.
What is evidence?
This character represents justice, wisdom, and moral courage throughout the novel.
Who is Atticus Finch?
This shows how the author feels about the subject.
What is tone?
The reason an author writes a text is called this.
What is author’s purpose?
A daughter secretly follows her mother in this story.
What is New York Day Women?
This text focuses on preserving traditional music and culture.
What is Interview with a Songcatcher?
Including only the most important ideas in shortened form is called this.
What is summarizing?
Even though evidence shows he is innocent, this character is found guilty because of racism.
Who is Tom Robinson?
These kinds of sentences often create a fast, direct, or serious feeling.
What are short sentences?
Charts, graphs, maps, and diagrams are examples of these.
What are graphic aids?
This poem about Abraham Lincoln uses an extended metaphor.
What is O Captain! My Captain!?
This text tells about a singer challenging traditions in Afghanistan.
What is Kabul’s Singing Sensation?
Something that can be proven true is this.
What is a fact?
The mockingbird is an important symbol representing this idea.
What is innocence?
“Slim” and “skinny” have similar meanings but different emotional feelings. This is called this.
What is connotation?
Restating a text in your own words while keeping the meaning is called this.
What is paraphrasing?
This text explores how groups misunderstand each other.
What is Us and Them?
Scientific knowledge being used in unexpected ways is the central idea of this article.
What is The Spider-Man Behind Spider-Man?
Something based on belief or judgment that cannot be proven is this.
What is an opinion?
A major theme of the novel is that people should try to understand life from another person’s point of view.
What is empathy?