Mood
A story beginning with a thunderstorm, flickering or darkness. What mood is the author creating?
Scary/Suspense
The setting is dark, scary, abandoned. What is the setting?
Haunted house
What are things to keep in mind when introducing characters?
Physical features, personality, role/occupation.
What make a strong hook sentence?
Adjectives (visual), big event, elaborate question.
A story showing cheerfulness, joy, smiling and excitement. What mood is the author representing?
Happy/Positive
How might we introduce Betty Gibson as a setting?
Rectangular, big, flat, downtown, old.
How might we introduce a superhero character?
Strong, loyal, powerful, nice, smart
"I saw my teacher at school, he gave us work to do" , is this strong or weak?
weak
What component of a sentence helps find the mood of a story?
Word Choice/Diction
How does setting create a better introduction for a short story?
Helps audience imagine the scene.
If a character is mean, evil, rude we might consider them to be a ...
Bully, villain.
What makes this hook sentence strong? "In a world where technology disappears, how would people in society adapt?
Elaborate question.
"The moment Carter stepped into the abandoned house, the door slammed shut behind him - and he knew he wasn't alone." What is the mood and which word(s) set the mood?
Scary/Suspense and Abandoned.
What are the key components of introducing setting?
Time, geography, landscape, and physical features.
Introduce Mr. K as a character, how would you do so?
Mr. K is a nice young student teacher, who wears glasses, has brown hair and blue eyes.
Make this weak hook sentence stronger; "Tony began to mine for gold, but found nothing."
Tony the old miner began to mine for rare purple gold, little did he know what was to come.