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Vocabulary
Tone/Mood
Author's Purpose
Inferencing
Jeopardy
100
Means 'quick; in a hurry'
What is haste?
100
The reader's reaction to the text
What is mood?
100
3 reasons an author will write
What is to entertain, to inform, to persuade?
100
____________ + ___________ = Educated Guess
What is: Clues from text + What you already know = Inference
100
Definition straight from the dictionary
What is denotation?
200
Means 'not able to be taken back'
What is irrevocable?
200
The author's attitude about the subject
What is tone?
200
Fiction work; fake people/places/events
What is to entertain?
200
Other names for inferencing
What is predict, hypothesize, drawing conclusions, or making assumptions?
200
Meanings to words that we assign ourselves; other than dictionary definition
What is connotation?
300
Means 'gloomy, bleak'
What is morose?
300
Tone of movies such as "The Notebook," "The Titanic," and "Twilight"
What is romantic?
300
Non-fiction; real people, places, events
What is to inform?
300
Sleeping during class, no homework, don't study, unorganized
What is failing class?
300
Positive or negative feelings attached to words
What is positive/negative connotation?
400
Means 'intensely, passionately'
What is vehemently?
400
Movies such as "Saw," "Dracula," and "Paranormal Activity"
What is horror?
400
Descriptions, adjectives, causing one to take action
What is to persuade?
400
No food, no drinkable water, life jackets, no paddles, no compass
What is lost at sea?
400
The things that cause a character in a story to do something
What is motivation?
500
Means 'large destructive fire'
What is conflagration?
500
Movies such as "Remember the Titans," "The Blind Side," "A Beautiful Mind," "Sea Biscuit," and "Radio"
What is inspirational?
500
Purpose for books such as "Killing Mr. Griffin," "The Lightening Thief," and "Everlost"
What is to entertain?
500
November, sales/clearance, fighting, 3 a.m., long lines
What is Black Friday?
500
Summary formula
What is: Someone, Wanted, But, So, Then