Mystery
What is tone?
Tone is the author's attitude toward the subject or audience, conveyed through their word choice, sentence structure, and style.
Fill in the blank:
"This is my favorite book!" ____________.
Teacher's Judgement
Combine the two sentences using the correct relative pronoun.
The man is my uncle. He lives in Canada.
The man who lives in Canada is my uncle.
What character trait can we infer about Jenny and Forrest from this dialogue exchange below?
Jenny: “Forrest, you’re too naive sometimes. Don’t you ever get scared?”
Forrest: “Mama always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’ I just do the best I can.”
Jenny: “But people take advantage of you!”
Forrest: “I don’t know if I understand all of that, Jenny. I just try to be kind and keep moving forward.”
Jenny: Protective, Caring
Forrest: Optimistic, Innocent, Simple-minded
What sense is most prominently used in the sentence below:
The first bite of the freshly baked lemon tart made my mouth pucker with sharp, tangy citrus, perfectly balanced by the creamy, sugary sweetness of the custard beneath.
Taste
Correct the punctuation and capitalization:
"this is my favorite book" said John.
"This is my favorite book," said John.
Combine the two sentences using the correct relative pronoun.
The teacher praised the student. The student won the competition.
The teacher praised the student who won the competition.
What is pacing?
What is considered effective pacing? What do you think it means to not properly utilize pacing in a narrative?
Pacing is the speed in which the story unfolds (it determines how fast/slow the plot is sequenced, details are revealed, etc.)
Teacher's Judgement for the follow-up questions.
What connotation is associated with each word?
1. Haven
2. Scrawny
3. Chair
4. Cowardly
5. Stingy
6. Compassionate
1. Positive
2. Negative
3. Neutral
4. Negative
5. Negative
6. Positive
Correct the punctuation and capitalization:
"are you coming to the party" he asked?
"Are you coming to the party?" he asked.
Combine the two sentences using the correct relative pronoun.
That is the woman. Her cat ran away.
That is the woman whose cat ran away.
What is suspense and tension?
Suspense: A feeling of anticipation about what will happen next
Tension: Suspense, excitement, or unease that makes readers want to read more
What two figurative language terms are being used in the sentence:
Her smile was like sunshine breaking through storm clouds, lighting up the room and melting the ice around everyone’s hearts.
Simile and Metaphor
Correct the punctuation and capitalization:
"i cant believe we won the game" she said "it was totally unexpected"
"I can’t believe we won the game," she said. "It was totally unexpected."
Combine the two sentences using the correct relative pronoun.
The car is very expensive. It was stolen last night.
The car, which is very expensive, was stolen last night.
OR
The car which was stolen last night was very expensive.
Which aspects of this dialogue are often considered amateurish by members of the literary community?
"I can't believe he keeps getting away with this," said John, bitterly.
"It's so frustrating," said Hannah. "He just Chat GPT's everything in the back of the classroom while the teacher is going over instruction."
"I know, and he even has an add-on installed where he just has to right-click and Chat GPT calculates a response without having to open the browser," said John, angrily.
"I can't believe none of the teachers notice," said Hannah, furiously.
"I know!" said John, heatedly.
1. Once the speaker is established, it is redundant to keep adding dialogue tags every time it switches speakers.
2. Refrain from consistently using adverbs
What three figurative language terms are being used in the sentence?
The cheerful tornado swept through the quiet town named 'Tornado-Free Town,' which had never once been hit by a tornado, laughing as it destroyed homes and leaving a happy ruin of death and destruction in its path.
Situational Irony
Oxymoron
Personification
Correct the punctuation and capitalization:
1. "we could go to the beach" Tom suggested "or we could stay home"
2. What are your thoughts on Eric saying, "I can't believe she failed the test?"
1. "We could go to the beach," Tom suggested, "or we could stay home."
2. What are your thoughts on Eric saying, "I can't believe she failed the test"?
What are all the relative pronouns that we have covered in class?
Where, Who, Whom, Whose, That, and Which
Everyone on your team must create a sequence of events that includes two events. For example, the girl woke up (1). The girl went to school (2). They must then connect these events using 2 or more words or phrases that show sequence or signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
If one person does not sufficiently connect the events, the other team will be able to receive the points if they can provide a sufficient answer.
Teacher's Judgement