Tone & Mood
Tone can best described as..
What is the author's attitude toward the subject he/she is writing about?
You see people standing outside, they are shivering and stomping their feet.
The people are doing this because...
A) they are angry
B) they are cold
C) they are farmers
D) they are hot
What is they are cold?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
Two independent clauses joined together with a coordinating conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
What is the tone is represented in the following passage?
Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!
What is excited?
The waiting room was full. Two dogs lay patiently on the floor. A kitten cried in the cat carrier. A man came in the door carrying an injured dog. A white-coated man came out to meet him. Everyone knew they might have a long wait.
Where is this story happening?
A) A vet's office
B) A doctor's office
C) A grocery store
D) A farm
What is a vet's office?
A lesson the author wants the reader to learn. ie. Don't judge a book by it's cover
What is theme?
a direct comparison of two different things not using like or as
What is metaphor?
Although it was snowing outside, we still had to go to school.
What is a complex sentence?
The feeling you get as the reader is..
What is mood?
You shouldn't argue with people on the Internet. It is a waste of time and energy. Do you want to spend your precious life energy trying to type sense into some delusional fool who will only hate you for your efforts? No, you don't. The next time someone makes some outlandish claim that infuriates you, you should either ignore them, unfriend them, or block them. You will find these actions to be more satisfying than casting your pearls of wisdom before the likes of swine.
What is Second-Person?
Explanation: This is second-person because it is narrated from "your" perspective.
The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict
What is the resolution?
The technique being used is: Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip—hiss—the rain never stops.
What is a onomatopoeia?
An independent and dependent clause joined together by a subordinating conjunction
What is a complex sentence?
Author's convey the TONE of a piece through...
What is word choice?
"You must get the golden key from the Sugar Toast Forest," said the Peanut Butter Wizard. He knew that their quest would be hard, so he gave them a bit of advice, "All you have is one another, so stick together." Jelly Girl and Banana Boy nodded eagerly. They were both afraid of the Sugar Toast Forest. Neither of them had ever left home before, but they had heard tales, frightful tales.
What is Third-Person Omniscient
Explanation: That was third-person omniscient because the narrator reveals the internal thoughts and feelings of more than one character (Peanut Butter Wizard, Jelly Girl, and Banana Boy).
This part of the plot comes after the exposition
What is rising action?
This type of figurative language is an intentional (and extreme) exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
I really wish I could go to the dance tonight, but I have way too much homework.
What is a compound sentence?
Describe the TONE of the following passage... "She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her."
What is suspenseful?
Bruce Hand felt hunger pangs as he sat in the bush. The birds twittered around him. He was waiting for his contact, Jet Hawkins. Bruce Hand checked his watch. He realized that Jet was late. Then he heard the sound of an engine. He looked through his binoculars and saw Jet's familiar orange and brown striped Humvee driving through the jungle. Bruce ran from the bush into the beaten path. "Jet, I'm here!" Bruce Hand shouted. The Humvee stopped.
What is third-Person Limited?
Explanation: That was third-person limited because the narrator reveals the internal thoughts and feelings of a single character (Bruce Hand).
The Crow and the Pitcher A CROW perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life.
What is if at first you don't succeed, try and try again.
This is the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
What does AAAWWUBBIS mean? (or do the dance!)
What is Although, After As, While When, Until
Because, Before If, Since?