Tone
Theme
Structure & Order
Vocabulary
Comparing Textstegory Name
100

Tone is the author’s ______ toward the subject.

What is attitude?

100

A theme is a complete ______ about life.

What is statement (or message)?

100

Structure refers to the ______ of events.

Structure refers to the ______ of events.

100

Taciturn means ______.

What is quiet or not talkative?

100

Both "Bully" and "'Vigilante Murder in the Heartland" both deal with _____________________

What is the event (or shooting/murder of McElroy)? 

200

Which word best describes the tone of the podcast Bully: dramatic or investigative?

What is investigative?

200

What is statement (or message)?

What is topic?

200

The podcast builds background before describing the shooting. This builds slow ______.

What is tension (or suspense)? 

200

Ire means ______.

What is anger (or wrath)?

200

The podcast relies heavily on voice and ______.

What is pacing (or delivery)?

300

Which format opens in a more dramatic way: the podcast or the news article?

What is the news article?

300

Which is a stronger there:
A) Justice
B) Justice can fail when systems break down

What is B?

300

The article begins with the shooting. This creates immediate ______.

What is tension/drama/shock?

300

Macabre refers to something ______.

Macabre refers to something ______.

300

The article relies heavily on quotations and descriptive ______.

What is details (or language)?

400

What word in the article’s first sentence suggests punishment as payback?

What is retribution?

400

To support a theme, you must include textual ______.

What is evidence (or details)?

400

How can changing the order of events affect meaning?

What is it changes interpretation or understanding?

400

A vigilante is someone who ______.

What is takes the law into their own hands?  

400

Which text feels more emotionally restrained?

Which text feels more emotionally restrained?

500

How can tone influence an audience?

What is it shapes interpretation/reaction/understanding?

500

Give one possible theme from this unit.

Give one possible theme from this unit.

500

Which format feels more investigative in structure: podcast or article?

What is the podcast?

500

Retribution most closely means ______.

Retribution most closely means ______.

500

Why is it important to compare two formats covering the same event?

What is to see how structure and tone shape meaning?

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