Analyzing Text: Literature
What creates suspense?
Tension and uncertainty about what will happen next
What are suffixes?
Parts of words that can be added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
What is summarizing?
Finding the main points and ideas of a reading
What is characterization?
the process by which an author reveals a character's personality, traits, and motivations, either directly through explicit descriptions or indirectly through actions, dialogue, and interactions
What is a thesauruses?
A book used to find synonyms ans antonyms.
What is point of view?
The way the narrator tells the story
What is involved in revising and editing?
Using correct comma usage, rules of dialogue, and dashes.
What is vocab in context?
Using context clues to find the meaning of a word
What is authors argument?
The argument or point the author is trying to make
What is counterargument?
The opposing idea, going against the author, in a story
What pronouns are used for 1st and 3rd person point of view?
1st Person: I, Me, My, We, Our
3rd Person: She, His, It, Hers, He
The uses for a semicolon
What is joins two closely related independent clauses, Separating items in a list (when those items contain commas), separate phrases or clauses that already have commas.
What is a rhetorical question?
A dramatic question not meant to have an answer
What is viewpoint? (part 2 of test)
The authors perspective in a story
What are synonyms and antonyms?
Synonyms- similar meaning
Antonyms- opposite meaning
What is foreshadowing?
Clues the author is giving that something will happen in the future
What is source material?
Source material encompasses anything a writer uses to gain knowledge and inspiration for their work, including primary and secondary sources
What is authors style and purpose?
Authors style is the tone created by the author and purpose is why the author wrote something
What is imagery?
descriptive language that appeals to the reader's senses, creating vivid mental pictures and evoking emotions or experiences, encompassing sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch
Those Embrence, or chief men, decided disputes and punished crimes; for which purpose they always assembled together. The proceedings were generally short; and in most cases the law of retaliation prevailed.
What is the meaning of proceedings in the passage?
What is legal meetings
How do you determine Author Point of View?
What is analyze their word choice, tone, and the overall focus of the text, looking for clues about their beliefs, opinions, and biases
What are rules in subject verb agreement?
If subject is singular, the verb is singular
If the subject is plural, the verb is plural
What is media analysis?
Evaluating and examining different forms of media
What is the difference between Metaphor and simile?
Both are comparisons, but similes use the words "like" or "as" while metaphors make a direct comparison
What are versions of suffixes and what do they mean?
ian- Adhering to or following, person who specializes or is an expert in
ance- Action or process, quality or state, amount or degree