What's the Point?
This author’s purpose is used when the writer’s goal is to share facts or explain something.
What is to inform?
“The leaves danced in the wind” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
Diction refers to an author’s choice of ______.
What is words?
Denotation is a word’s ______ meaning.
What is dictionary?
A theme is the central ______ of a story.
What is idea or message?
If an author is writing an advertisement for sneakers, their purpose is most likely this.
What is to persuade?
Identify the figurative language: “Her smile was as bright as the sun.”
What is a simile?
Syntax refers to the way words are arranged into ______.
(What are sentences?)
Connotation is the ______ meaning or feeling a word carries.
What is emotional or cultural?
The lesson “Honesty is the best policy” is an example of this literary element.
What is theme?
A poem written about the beauty of autumn most likely has this purpose.
What is to entertain?
“Time is a thief” is an example of this device.
What is a metaphor?
Short, choppy sentences usually create what kind of tone or mood?
(What is tense, urgent, or dramatic?)
Which word has a more negative connotation: “slim” or “scrawny”?
What is scrawny?
In Little Red Riding Hood, the theme can be stated as “you can't always trust what you see." How is this theme developed in the story?
What is: The Wolf disguising himself as Little Red's grandma.
Explain how you can tell if an author’s purpose is to inform rather than to persuade
What is: the author uses neutral tone, facts, and explanations instead of opinions or emotional language?
The phrase “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” uses which sound device?
What is alliteration?
Restate the sentence "Yo, what's up teach?" using formal diction instead of informal.
What is: "Hello, how are you today, Mr. Everett?"
Explain the difference in connotation between “fragrance” and “odor.”
What is: both mean a smell, but fragrance has a positive connotation, while odor is usually negative?
How is theme different from the main idea of a text?
What is: theme is a universal message or life lesson, while main idea is what the text is mostly about?
An author writes a speech encouraging people to recycle by sharing alarming statistics and then calling the audience to action. Identify both purposes being used.
What are to inform and to persuade?
This type of sound device is present in the following passage from Rikki-Tikki-Tavi: "his war cry as he scuttled through the long grass was: "Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!"
What is an onomatopoeia
Longer, more detailed sentences create this type of pace and tone.
What is slow, peaceful, calm
A politician says, “We must protect our homeland.” Why might the connotation of “homeland” be more effective than simply saying “country”?
What is: “homeland” creates emotional attachment, pride, and unity?
In "The Wise Old Woman" one of the themes is parents will put their children's needs first. Which character best illustrates this theme and why?
What is: The mother. When she is being taken up to the mountain to be left for dead, she breaks twigs so her son can find his way back.