Tone, Mood
The feeling the reader gets from a text.
What is mood?
The part of the plot where setting and characters are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The people, animals, or figures in a story.
What are characters?
The life lesson or message.
What is the theme?
In the sentence, She strolled through the park on a sunny afternoon, what does strolled mean using context clues?
What is “walked slowly and calmly”?
The author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
The turning point or most suspenseful moment.
What is the climax?
The reason a character acts.
What is motivation?
When answering about a theme in any story, what should you always include to support your answer?
What is text evidence?
Read the sentence: After running the marathon, Marcus was completely drained. What does drained mean here?
What is “exhausted or very tired”?
In The Lottery, the title is ironic. Why?
What is because a “lottery” usually means winning a prize, but in the story it means death?
The type of conflict occurs when a student forgets homework and argues with the teacher.
What is external conflict (character vs. character)?
In "The Lottery" this is the reason Tessie Hutchinson protests that “it isn’t fair” when her family is chosen.
What is because her motivation is to save herself and avoid being sacrificed, showing her fear and desperation?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, which line best supports the theme that guilt cannot be escaped?
What is “It grew louder — louder — louder! … I admit the deed!”
The words slim and skinny both mean thin. Which one has a more negative connotation?
What is “skinny”?
“The silence crept through the house like a shadow.”
What is imagery?
The type of conflict occurs when a character is torn between telling the truth and protecting a friend.
What is internal conflict (character vs. self)?
In "Lamb to the Slaughter," what is Mary Maloney's motivation to kill her husband with the leg of lamb?
What is because her motivation is a mix of shock, betrayal, and desperation after he tells her he is leaving her?
In "The Lottery," what theme is shown when the villagers continue the ritual even though many don’t remember its purpose?
What is the danger of blindly following tradition?
The word curious can mean “interested to learn” or “strange.” Which meaning is its denotation in the sentence: The child was curious about the stars?
What is “interested to learn”?
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the sound of the beating heart is symbolic. What does the heart symbolize, and how does it connect to the story’s theme?
What is the heart symbolizes the narrator’s overwhelming guilt and growing madness, which connects to the theme that guilt cannot be escaped?
This type of conflict in "The Tell-Tale Heart" propels the story to its resolution.
What is the narrator’s internal conflict with his guilt and madness pushes him to confess?
What motivates the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
What is his obsession with the old man’s “vulture eye” and his growing madness?
In "Lamb to the Slaughter," what theme is revealed when the detectives eat the leg of lamb?
What is justice can be deceived, and appearances can hide the truth?
In the sentence, The politician was known for being frugal, never spending more than necessary, does frugal have a positive or negative connotation, and why?
What is a positive connotation, because it means careful with money rather than wasteful?