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Characters
Tone and Mood
Central Idea in Fiction
Point of View
Author's Craft
100
The main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
100
This is how the text makes the reader feel.
What is Mood?
100
Theme
What is central idea in fiction text?
100
"They looked at me like I had a second head growing out of my neck,baffled that a teenaged person was speaking to them."
What is an example of first person point of view?
100
This is what is created when an author leaves the reader constantly wondering what will happen next.
What is suspense?
200
Any character or force in a story that causes conflict for the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
200
This is the attitude of an author towards the subject of their writing.
What is tone.
200
A statement about life in general that is depicted in a fictional text.
What is theme?
200
When reading a story in this point of view, the reader knows the thoughts of only one character, usually the main character.
What is third person limited omniscient?
200
This aspect of a story is significantly influenced by the way characters react to situations in the story.
What is the plot?
300
Minor characters that play a supporting role in the story and whose presence in the story impacts the plot.
What are secondary characters?
300
This is what a reader should pay attention to when inferring mood and tone.
What is the author's word choice?
300
The central idea of "The 3 Little Pigs."
What is Hard work pays off?
300
When reading a story in this point of view, the reader knows the thoughts of all the characters in the story.
What is third person omniscient?
300
Author's include specific details about fashion, technology, means of travel, etc. to help a reader make inferences about this aspect of their story.
What is the setting?
400
To make inferences about our characters, these are the 3 things a reader should pay attention to.
What are the character's thoughts, words and actions?
400
INFER THE TONE: And the trees all died. I don’t know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn’t the best. So we’ve got thirty kids, each had his or her own tree to plant and we’ve got thirty dead trees. All the kids looking at these little brown sticks, it was depressing.
What is gloomy?
400
Three
What is the amount of text evidence I need to support a central idea?
400
When reading a story in this point of view, the reader does not know the thoughts of any characters in the story and relies on only their words and actions to make inferences about them.
What is third person objective point of view?
400
WHICH LINES OF TEXT DO NOT SUGGEST THE TIME PERIOD OF SETTING: The party stopped at a small brook. The woman who was leading the party whispered, "If anybody's thirsty, this be a good time to drink. We keep moving from here to the next station." This wind blew through the thick trees. A young boy looked up at an older man and asked, "Is we really gonna be free?" The old man sighed, "You see that star up dere? Dat's the North Star. We keep following that, and Miss Tubman up dere and we'll be free alright."
What is "The wind blew through the thick trees" and "The party stopped at a small brook?"
500
2 WORDS OR PHRASES THAT ARE MOST INTERESTING IN DESCRIBING THE MAN AS INCONSIDERATE: After he arrived about 25 minutes late for the date, he proceeded to honk the horn from his car, forcing me to traverse alone the 15 ice covered concrete steps of my building in my fanciest shoes I had donned for our date.
What are "late" "honked the horn" or "traverse alone?"
500
INFER THE MOOD: And the trees all died. I don’t know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn’t the best. So we’ve got thirty kids, each had his or her own tree to plant and we’ve got thirty dead trees. All the kids looking at these little brown sticks, it was depressing.
What is sad? disappointed? sympathetic?
500
"Looks can be deceiving" "Determination is the key to success" "Always cuff a prisoner to your right hand"
What is not an example of theme or central idea?
500
He was dressed in an old plain khaki uniform. He hadn't recently shaved, wore no hat, and his hair had not been brushed. He walked a little pigeon-toed, humped over, with his hands in his trousers pockets. As he entered the aisle between the rigid lines of soldiers he seemed slightly embarrassed, and grinned and nodded to a compadre here and there in the ranks.
What is third person objective point of view?
500
An example of a metaphor.
What is (answers may vary, but should be a comparison of 2 unlike things without using like or as)