Name that Text
Cool Concepts
Vocabulary
Concepts Continued
Quotation Explanation
100

This chilling story is told from the point of view of an untrustworthy narrator and involves an old man's "vulture eye"

"The Tell Tale Heart"

100

The overall message in a text

Theme

100

A person who solves mysteries or crimes

Detective

100

The perspective from which the story is told (First, second, third)

Point of View

100

"Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees β€” very gradually β€” I made up my mind to take the life of the old man" This quote shows that the mood of this story was______.

Mysterious, creepy (answers may vary)

200

This story alludes to stone throwing and is set in what seems to be an ordinary village.

The Lottery

200

When an author chooses specific words and phrases to create a feeling or emotion

Word choice

200

The quality of being fair

Justice

200

How a character is created and developed

Characterization

200

Dunbar uses this type of language to describe his situation. For example, "pain still throbs in the old, old scars."

Figurative Language

300

In this poem, a caged bird sings

"Sympathy"

300

The reason the author wrote the text

Author's Purpose

300

Strange, unknown, or difficult to understand

Mysterious

300

A literary device that uses words or phrases to convey a meaning that is different from their literal meaning

Figurative Languag

300

β€œTo think the island was just the place I wanted to reach.” This quote shows us that Nellie Bly's purpose for writing the text, "Ten Days in A Mad House" was _____.

To bring awareness to the injustices of the asylum

400
In this excerpt, Steve turns an unfortunate situation into a movie to make sense of it all

Monster

400

When and where the story takes place

Setting

400

A nervous feeling created in a story or movie

Tension

400

An idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning

Inference

400

The concept being used in this quote: "Mrs. Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to Mrs. Dunbar." 

Allusion

500

In this tale, Mary gets away killing someone with a frozen lamb leg (hint: This was a homework assignment)

Lamb to the Slaughter

500

The way the author writes, including their word choice, sentence structure, and tone

Style

500

To feel sudden or intense emotion

Thrill

500

The surrounding words and phrases used to guess the meaning of an unknown word

Context Clues

500

"I know why the caged bird beats his wing" This shows us that Dunbar uses this figurative language strategy in his poem.

Imagery