The Middle Ages
Context clues can provide additional information for figuring out the meaning of an unfamiliar word. You use these types of clues while you are reading to uncover—or to help interpret—a word’s meaning.
What is a context clue?
Archetypes are familiar, commonly used character types and situations in stories.
What are archetypes?
Author's perspective is similar to tone, in that it is the author's opinions about what they are talking about. This can be told implicitly. Character's perspective is the character’s interpretation of the events, of the other characters, and of the story’s setting. That information, in turn, affects the reader’s view of the characters and of the story’s meaning.
What is the difference between author's perspective and character's perspective?
Something that is clearly stated and understood. In a text, therefore, explicit meaning can be readily discovered.
What is explicit meaning?
Pacing is the rhythm of the story—how slowly or quickly the actions and events develop and unfold.
What is pacing?
The denotation of a word is its meaning that appears in the dictionary and has no associated negative or positive emotions.
What is denotation?
What type of figurative language is used in this example: "Light hath no tongue, but is all eye; If it could speake as well as spie, This were the worst, that it could say, That being well, I faine would stay."
What is Personification
Ambiguity means having unclear or uncertain meaning, or having multiple interpretations. When a text is ambiguous or contains ambiguous parts, it does not have a single specific meaning; rather, it can have many possible implied meanings and interpretations.
What is Ambiguity?
Something that is not stated but can be understood by locating textual evidence and making an inference.
What is implicit meaning?Something that is not stated but can be understood by locating textual evidence and making an inference.
provoke deeper thought, entertain and amuse readers, provoke laughter, call attention to flaws that exist in society (any two)
What are two reasons that an author might use humor in their writing?
The connotation of a word is the emotional association that a word carries with it, which has been attached to a word by an individual’s past experiences. A word’s connotation makes a reader’s response to a particular word emotionally positive or negative.
What is connotation?
The theme of a text is its central message or universal truth that the author conveys through characters and plot.
What is theme?
What is true?
True or false: the setting can impact the tone of a piece of writing.
Anaphora is created when authors repeat certain words or phrases to call attention to a concept they want readers to notice.
What is anaphora?
Parallel plot is a plot that occurs alongside the main plot; the parallel plot is equal in time and importance to the main plot.
What is a parallel plot?
Dis- prefix meaning not, -ful suffix meaning having the qualities of
What are the different affixes found in the word "disgraceful?"
Sarcasm is when an author uses a harsher form of irony to express disapproval of someone or something, often by mockingly stating the opposite of what is actually meant. Sarcasm can be presented as a compliment that is, in reality, deep contempt or as a flaw in order to call attention to it.
What is sarcasm?
situational irony – revealed by actions dramatic irony – revealed by context verbal irony – expressed by words.
What are the three types of irony?
What can you infer about the Red Queen based on the following passage: "“I don’t know what you mean by your way,” said the Queen: “all the ways about here belong to me—but why did you come out here at all?” she added in a kinder tone. “Curtsey while you’re thinking what to say, it saves time.” Alice wondered a little at this, but she was too much in awe of the Queen to disbelieve it. “I’ll try it when I go home,” she thought to herself, “the next time I’m a little late for dinner.” “It’s time for you to answer now,” the Queen said, looking at her watch: “open your mouth a little wider when you speak, and always say ‘your Majesty.’”"
What is foolish and arrogant
Framing is used to lead one story or plot into another, with an introductory narrative paving the way for a second or third narrative, or an embedded story related as an element of a larger narrative.
What is framing?
A dictionary
If you had to find the etymology of the word "disgraceful" what is the best resource to use?
Tone refers to the author’s attitude toward a subject he or she is writing about, as well as the author’s approach to the audience.
What is tone?
What is an understatement?
Figurative language that creates emphasis by intentionally giving less significance to a situation than it really has, or saying less than is actually true
What types of figurative language are found in the following passage? Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley’d and thunder’d; Storm’d at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred.
What is Metaphor and anaphora
Subplot is a secondary plot or side story, less important than the main plot but complete on its own.
What is a subplot?