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An author will establish, or set up, their main point in writing in their introduction.
What is the definition of establish?
To set up or introduce something
Why si it important to read titles and subheadings?
Titles and subheadings help readers to understand what each section is about.
List three elements of setting
Time of day, location, weather, historical context, social expectations
Write an example of a simile
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What is the meaning of perspective?
Example: the argumentative dialogue between the characters shows the difference in their perspectives
Perspective is a specific way of looking at things
Authors often restate information to show its significance, or importance.
What is the definition of significance?
Meaning or importance
An author's appeal to emotions.
Example: "Ms. Roy please give me a bite of your lunch I am literally starving that cafeteria food smells weird!"
Pathos
The events of a story, what happens in a story.
Consists of exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution.
Plot
Why do authors use rhetorical questions?
To make the readers think about the topic.
To get readers interestested.
Because the author will tell the readers the answer.
What is the meaning of individualize?
Example: An author individualizes character perspectives using thoughts, feelings, actions, or dialogue
to individualize means to make things unique for each character, to give them a specific identity
Authors use text features to add, or contribute, to the understanding of the text.
What is the meaning of contribute?
To add or give
A question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer.
Rhetorical question.
Which of the following contains alliteration?
a) It is raining cats and dogs
b) She swims like a fish
c) Bubbles bounce through bay breezes
c) Bubbles bounce through bay breezes
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses.
Example: She was as warm as freshly baked bread, and the golden light of her smile was as bright as a summer's morning.
Imagery
One theme in Beauty and the Beast is "true beauty is more than how someone looks."
What is the definition of theme?
The underlying message or “big idea” of a talk, book, film, or other work.
Writers will emphasize main points in writing.
What is the definition of emphasize?
Give special importance to something in speaking or writing.
The parallel structure of phrases to create contrast.
Example: We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Antithesis
Explain how the theme is developed
What is the meaning of developed as it is used in the question above?
Theme development is the text evidence that supports the theme
Write a hyperbole about how fast you can run.
Remember: a hyperbole is an exaggeration
Choose two archetypes and name two characters who they represent:
1) Sage
2) Caregiver
3) Innocent
4) Ruler
5) Jester
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Authors carefully choose information to impact, or affect, the reader.
What is the definition of impact?
To have a strong effect on someone
In argumentative writing, define the claim.
The main point the author is trying to make. What the author wants the audience to believe.
The story used allusion to describe the character as similar to Hercules.
What is the definition of an allusion?
A reference to a person, event, or thing in history, the world, or another story.
"On our first date he gave me a beautiful rose. I watered it, cared for it, and kept it safe. When we broke up I came home to find it had died, despite all my hard work to keep it alive"
What does the rose symbolize in this passage?
The rose symbolizes their relationship
I can't play soccer today, the rain is coming down hard, ruining all of my plans. My soccer shoes look lonely by the door as I sadly leave them behind
How does the personification contribute to the tone of the sentence?
The personification of the shoes as lonely contributes to the heartbroken, gloomy tone.