Mood and Tone
Mood shows how the ________ is supposed to feel about what is happening in the story.
Audience
What is a symbol?
A concrete item that represents an abstract idea.
What is the plot of a story?
The events of the story in order.
What is the name for Ha's favorite fruit that she was growing back in Vietnam?
Papaya
In A Christmas Story, what does Ralphie want that he's warned he'll "shoot his eye out" with?
A Red Ryder BB Gun
Tone shows how the ___________ feels about the subject, characters, or audience.
Author (will accept characters)
What does the color "red" symbolize on the road?
To stop
What is the setting of a story? (Needs two answers)
Name all three of Ha's brothers.
Quang, Vu, and Khoi.
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the name of Jack Skellington's dog?
What is the mood of the following piece?
"The young boy looked up at his mother expectantly as what little remained of his ice cream melted onto his hand. When his mother shook her head no, he stared down at the quickly dissolving ice cream scoops that had tumbled into the sand and began to cry."
Acceptable Answers: Sad, crushed, disappointed
What might the amethyst ring symbolize in Inside Out and Back Again?
Their father, or more specifically, the love between the father and mother and any hope of being able to reunite.
What is the theme of a story?
The message or "point" of a story that teaches people a lesson about life.
What does Ha do in the book that shows how clever she is?
Answers may include: Stealing away money at the market; learning fractions at 10
What is the setting for How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
Whoville
Explain how a work can have one tone but a different mood or vice versa.
Acceptable answers may include: Comedy, sarcasm, and irony
Describe two symbols that are seen and used in everyday life, but not mentioned in any previously answered questions.
Answers may include: Country flags, recycling, handicap, bathrooms
What is the exposition of a story?
The beginning of a story that outline the setting, characters, and central problem.
What does the doll symbolize for Ha and what might it mean that she throws it in the ocean?
A connection to home and her past life that she is unhappy about giving up.
Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Corn, and Syrup.
What is the tone of this piece:
"The haunted woods were told to have taken the lives of many adventurous young travelers, the souls of which still linger beckoning other lost fools to join them in their eternal torment."
Foreboding, Warning
Money is one of the most common symbols used throughout the world. Despite only essentially being paper with different prints, its value and worth runs most of the world. What does it symbolize?
Acceptable answers: Work, time, effort, energy
Draw a complete plot diagram including exposition, climax, resolution, rising action, and falling action.
In order: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
What is the name of the fish sauce that all of the refugees are so happy to see?
Nuoc Mam
In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, what popular vacation city does the Macalister family travel to without Kevin?
Miami