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When a person, idea, or object has a deeper, figurative meaning.
What is symbolism?
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What the colored rooms in Masque of the Red Death symbolized
What are life and death?
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Name three ways an author reveals character.
What is through speech, thoughts, actions, what other characters say/think.
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Chill: to be numb or shivering with cold Chill: to relax or take it easy. Explain the difference between the two definitions.
What is the first is the denotation and the second is the connotation?
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A repeated symbol or idea in a text. Can help find the theme of a text.
What is a motif?
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The connotation of this reveals an author's attitude
What is word choice/diction?
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What is the main symbol here: There was a dancer; She was beautiful She wore a white dress And a painted mask She moved like music In a way that made People stop to watch And when she tired And began to stop They cried out, "Dance on!" So the dancer did Yes, they all cried out All but for one man He watched quietly, Just looked; thoughtfully Then slowly approached; The dancer paused now He stepped forward, slow She didn't move once He raised his hands To the dancer's face She stood still frozen... He removed her mask Behind it streamed tears The people saw this Lost interest, moved on But the man just watched Just looked, thoughtfully Then he wiped her tears And the man held her
What is the mask?
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A character who does not change much throughout a story. Example: Jack from LOTF
What is a static character?
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Word choice; affects the mood and tone of the story.
What is diction?
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Conclusions drawn based on evidence from the text.
What are inferences?
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Connotation
What are the feelings and ideas a word brings to mind?
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In the Lion King, Simba believes his father has died because of him.
What is dramatic irony?
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The difference between indirect and direct characterization.
What is direct characterization comes from the author: indirect characterization comes from inferring.
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The words apathy, careless, and unconcerned would express a tone of a. sympathy b. irreverence c. indifference
What is indifference?
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Find textual evidence for Elie's indifference.
(multiple answers possible)
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The difference between summary and paraphrase.
What is summary is a shorter version with the key points. Paraphrase is the same length and meaning with different words?
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Explain one theme from Night and how it is similar to another text we've read or movie we've watched.
Answers will vary.
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The author reveals Goldilocks' character this way.
What is through her actions?
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One word or a sentence, this expresses the common idea or message an author portrays through writing.
What is theme?
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Explain the dramatic irony in Night, One Thousand Dollars, or By the Waters of Babylon.
(multiple answers possible)
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Dramatic Irony
What is when the audience knows something the characters in the story do not.
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Name two symbols from Night.
What are the Star of David, Elie's father, night.
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In Night, the author reveals Elie's character mainly this way.
What is through his thoughts?
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One of the themes of "There Will Come Soft Rains."
What is nature will conquer technology/ mankind will destroy itself, etc.
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A statement that reveals an authors's argument or idea, supported with facts and claims.
What is a thesis statement?
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