Analyzing Text: Literature
What creates suspense?
Tension and uncertainty about what will happen next
What are suffixes?
Parts of words that can be added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
What is summarizing?
Finding the main points and ideas of a reading
What are rules in subject verb agreement?
If subject is singular, the verb is singular
If the subject is plural, the verb is plural
What is the form of active voice?
Subject- Verb- Object
What is point of view?
The way the narrator tells the story
What is involved in revising and editing?
Using correct comma usage, rules of dialogue, and dashes.
What is vocab in context?
Using context clues to find the meaning of a word
What is authors argument?
The argument or point the author is trying to make
What is counterargument?
The opposing idea, going against the author, in a story
What pronouns are used for 1st and 3rd person point of view?
1st Person: I, Me, My, We, Our
3rd Person: She, His, It, Hers, He
What is subjunctive mood?
It is used to express a recommendation, a requirement, a wish or hypothetical situation, or a condition that is contrary to fact
What is a rhetorical question?
A dramatic question not meant to have an answer
What is viewpoint? (part 2 of test)
The authors perspective in a story
What is a thesauruses?
A book used to find synonyms ans antonyms.
What is foreshadowing?
Clues the author is giving that something will happen in the future
What is passive voice?
Where a sentence is in the Object + Action + Subject form and uses a form of be.
What is authors style and purpose?
Authors style is the tone created by the author and purpose is why the author wrote something
In passive voice, was, am, are, been, is, and were are versions of what word?
Be
What are synonyms and antonyms?
Synonyms- similar meaning
Antonyms- opposite meaning
What is traditional outside character?
A character in a story who is isolated from society as a result of being different
What is subject-verb agreement?
Where the subject and verb in a sentence or clause must agree in number.
What is media analysis?
Evaluating and examining different forms of media
What are requirements of subjunctive mood?
No ‘s’ on the verb
Be not Is or Are
Were not was
What are versions of suffixes and what do they mean?
ian- Adhering to or following, person who specializes or is an expert in
ance- Action or process, quality or state, amount or degree