The Hanging Stranger
The central theme of "The Hanging Stranger"?
a town is secretly controlled by alien invaders
The difference between a simple sentence and a compound sentence?
What is subject-verb agreement?
Refers to the grammatical rule that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural).
Common characteristics of science fiction literature
A futuristic setting, space, advanced technology, potential future societal, characters that may include aliens or robots, and plots that often involve time travel
Symbolism
The protagonist’s main conflict in the story
Ed Loyce trying to convince others of the reality of a hanging stranger he witnesses.
An example of a complex sentence and identify its clauses
Various Answers
Choose the correct form: "Neither of the dogs (is/are) barking."
How does science fiction reflect societal issues
Using imagined future scenarios to explore and critique current concerns like inequality, government control, technological dependence, environmental destruction, and social injustice
A method of analyzing a text by focusing on its details to understand its deeper meaning
Close Reading
Irony in "The Hanging Stranger
Ed becomes the hanging stranger.
How does varying sentence structure affect the tone of a piece of writing?
Varying sentences engages the readers.
Explain why the sentence "The team are winning" is incorrect.
Team is singular
A scientist has created a machine that can move people through time. This is called...?
Time Travel
The process of making notes on a text to help the reader understand it
Annotation
The significance of the ending
The hanging body was a test by an alien entity to gauge human reaction
What can we add to correct this run-on sentence: "I love reading science fiction it opens my mind to new ideas."
I love reading science fiction because it opens my mind to new ideas.
Correct the following sentence: "The list of items are on the table."
Are needs to be IS.
Earth is being attacted by intersteller creature. These Creatures are called...?
Aliens
Examining a work of literature in detail to understand how its parts work together to convey a message
Analyze
The importance of not giving a state as the setting.
The fears of Ed Loyce could happen anywhere.
A subordinate clause is also known as...
Dependent Clause
Provide a rule for subject-verb agreement when using collective nouns.
Treat them as singular nouns
Technology has revolted against humans and is using ____ to kill us off.
Robots
True or False: You can use SIFT on non-fiction texts.
False