Parts of Speech
". . . I saw a faint flickering blue flame." and " . . . the heap of twisted music stands on the floor." In the descriptions, flickering and twisted are used as verbs, nouns, adverbs, or adjectives.
What is adjectives?
“Javert unsmiling was a bulldog; when he laughed he was a tiger.” (paragraph 4 of Les Misérables) Is this a metaphor, foreshadowing or an understatement?
What is a metaphor?
The problems the main characters face in the story
What is the conflict?
“. . . but just then the moon, sailing through the black clouds, appeared behind the jagged crest of a beetling, pine-clad rock, and by its light I saw around us a ring of wolves. . . .” (paragraph 3 of Dracula). Does this quote use light to create decay or vulnerability?
What is vulnerability?
“‘You crossed my path on the 4th of January,’ said he. ‘On the 23d you incommoded me; by the middle of February I was seriously inconvenienced by you; . . .’” (paragraph 18 of “The Final Problem”). Is this a metaphor, foreshadowing, or understatement?
What is an understatement?
What is an excerpt?
“Sunlight poured through a hole in the ceiling, a few weeds growing in the debris where light touched the floor.” (paragraph 13 of Station Eleven). Does this use light to create the effect of decay or vulnerability?
What is decay?
“‘This is not danger,’ said he. ‘It is inevitable destruction.’” (paragraph 24 of “The Final Problem”). Is this a metaphor, understatement or foreshadowing?
What is foreshadowing?
Something that causes something else to happen.
What is cause and effect?
"Martin made a quick tour of the attic to make sure nothing was amiss, and then joined everyone downstairs." and "Martin had been in the attic that very afternoon and noticed nothing amiss."
Based on the sentences, what is the meaning of the word amiss? Stolen, shocking, out of order, or broken into pieces
What is out of order?
“No matter the plan, no matter the words of caution during briefings, what might start sensibly began to pick up speed and soon everything was imbued with a frantic sense of urgency.” (paragraph 5). Is this mood, setting, or characterization?
What is mood?
This is known as what the author wants the reader to get out of a piece of writing.
What is the author's message?
". . . he felt nothing but contempt, aversion and disgust for those who, even if only once, transgressed beyond the bounds of law." Based on the description, what would best replace the phrase “transgressed beyond”? Set up, disobeyed, considered, or disagreed with.
What is disobeyed?
“Sleds would be shattered, turned into kindling, and mushers would be dragged for blocks. . . .” (paragraph 7). Is this mood, character or setting?
What is mood?
What is tone?