Diary of Anne Frank
Authors use this to hint at future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
This term describes the feeling a reader gets while reading a text.
What is mood?
This explains why an author wrote a text.
What is author's purpose?
This event takes place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963 with the purpose of the march being to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
What is the 'March on Washington'
This device compares two unlike things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This occurs when the audience knows something a character does not.
What is dramatic irony?
A question asked to make a point rather than get an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
The main message the author wants the reader to understand.
What is central idea?
Latin root meaning equal or same treatment
What is -equa?
“I’ve told you a thousand times!” is an example of this literary device
Hyperbole
A character’s spoken thoughts that reveal feelings or motives
What is dramatic speech?
Repetition, rhetorical questions, metaphor, similie
What are rhetorical devices?
One of the three main author’s purposes: to inform, persuade, or ___
What is to entertain?
“The play was read by the class” is written in this voice.
What is passive voice?
Words like gloomy and shadowy would most likely create this mood.
Dark, ominous or scary
This type of speech is spoken by a character who is alone on stage
What is soliloquy?
A hint in the text that helps define a word
What is a context clue?
This verb mood gives commands or requests.
What is imperative mood?
The base word in careless
What is care?
This device repeats the same word or phrase for emphasis.
Repetition
The written or spoken exchange between two or more characters in a play
What is dialogue?
This vocab word is repeatedly punishing someone because of who they are
Persecution
To convince the reader to think or act a certain way
What is author’s purpose to persuade?
Predict, prediction, predictable are examples of this concept. (Think *blank* family)
What is a word family?
In this voice, the subject receives the action.
What is passive voice?