Name That Tone
Author's Purpose
Vocab
Theme + Inference
Miscellaneous
100
Wow, I'm so excited! I can't wait!
What is enthusiastic?
100
A synonym for viewpoint
What is perspective?
100
The "mono" in monocycle means
What is one?
100
This is a synonym for convey
What is show or tell?
100
A smile conveys that a person is
What is happy, satisfied, etc.
200
A sarcastic tone - calling a 300-pound man, "Tiny Tim," - formal or informal?
What is informal?
200
Race, the city you were born in, generation (age), and religion all make up a writer's ____________.
What is background?
200
Definition for taking something out of the ground/earth; (Hint: "hume" means soil/earth"
What is exhume
200
You use these things from a story to make inference? Hint: first letter is D.
What are details?
200
This is the meaning of light-hearted
What is care-free, cheery, playful?
300
"Serious" is a synonym for this kind of tone.
What is formal?
300
In addition to informing readers, two more reasons that an author might write something are to _____________ and to _______________.
What is persuade and entertain?
300
If teachable means able to teach and reachable means able to reach, this is the word you would use if a book can be read.
What is readable?
300
This is the definition of theme
What is a lesson about life found in a story
300
You turn on the tv just after the game between the Lakers (Kobe) and the Heat (Lebron) has ended. You don't see the score, but you do see the players and infer that the Lakers won. What evidence did you use to make that inference?
What is Kobe is smiling, his teammates are happy, Lebron is crying or looking mad, etc.
400
Expressing deep regret. For example, if only I had chosen heads instead of tails, i wouldn't have to do this horrible, awful job
What is bitter?
400
If you are going to win or lose money if the Warriors win the NBA Championship, you definitely have a _____________ interest in the result
What is personal?
400
Name the meanings for the following prefixes: spect in pre
What is to view, in or into, and before
400
You see candy wrappers on the couch, your little brother is more hyper than usual and his tongue looks sort of blue. You make the following inferences:
What is that he at candy? What is he ate blue candy?
400
These two words are both synonyms for "choice":
What is option or alternative?
500
"Wow, you sing so well. If I close my eyes I might mistake you for someone like Adele or Beyonce"
What is an admiring tone?
500
Explain the difference between persuading and informing
What is when you persuade you urge someone to do or believe something, and when you inform you give facts but let readers make their own decision
500
Use "due to" and "lethargic" in the same sentence.
Answers will vary
500
The date on the old newspaper is smudged (not readable) but you see an advertisement for wool coats, a NFL playoff score and the weather report says it will be 40 degrees. What inference do you make about the season?
What is that it is winter?
500
Use urge and accurate in the same sentence about a test
Answers will vary.
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