Literary Terms
Author's attitude
What is tone?
What is condemnatory?
Noun/s: When his sister was brought to safety from the water, Chris cried.
sister, safety, water, Chris
The rarely studied nautilus is an extremely odd mollusk.
What is "present simple"?
Marine environments are sources of food for people.
What is marine?
Theme
What is the author's message?
Acting in a disrespectful manner
What is belligerant?
Proper Noun: Today, the Congo peacock is a protected species.
What is Congo?
I watched movie last night.
What is past tense?
Steak is reserved for special meals.
What is special?
How a piece of literature makes you feel
What is mood?
Tending to excite the senses
What is inflammatory?
Verb/s: The Congo peacocks spend their days on the ground.
What is spend?
I was calling you but you didn't answer.
What is "past continuous"?
The scarlet ibis escaped into the sky.
What is scarlet?
Creating pictures with words
What is imagery?
Showing an offensive attitude or superiority
What is pompous?
Preposition: The Congo peacock is a rare species that occupies a very confined area in central Africa.
What is "in"?
Constant scraping against the rocks ruins the teeth of the sea urchin.
What is "present simple"?
Carmen does volunteer work at the Worcester County Humane Society.
What is volunteer?
Author's choice of words
What is diction?
Expressing puzzlement or curiosity
What is quizzical?
Adjective/s: The barn owl is the most common species of owls.
What is "most common"?
We've never been to New York.
What is "present perfect"?
He looked around and decided to grow cotton crops on his land.
What is cotton?