Tone & Mood
the author's attitude toward the subject or audience, conveyed through word choice, punctuation, sentence structure, and style
What is tone.
a logical conclusion made based on evidence and reasoning, rather than explicit statements
What is an Inference.
a literary technique where an author reveals a character's personality through their actions, dialogue, thoughts, appearance, and how other characters react to them, rather than directly stating those traits
What is indirect characterization.
a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
what is an independent clause
Is the following a complete sentence or a fragment?
Running through the park.
the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
What is mood.
an inference based on what the character says and thinks, and how they effect others, act, and look is what kind of inference?
What is a character inference.
The S in STEAL stands for
What is speech.
a group of words that contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought
What kind of tone does the following sentence create?
"I can't believe you actually remembered my birthday!"
What is a surprised or shocked tone.
the emotional or cultural meaning associated with a word, beyond its dictionary definition
What is connotation.
an inference based on where the story is taking place and the historical context provided is what kind of inference?
What does the T stand for in the STEAL method?
What is Thoughts/Think
What is the difference between the subject and the predicate?
The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something, and the predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is.
Is the following a complete sentence or a fragment?
Because she was late.
What is a fragment.
the literal, dictionary definition of a word, without any emotional or cultural associations
What is denotation.
what is conflict inference.
What does the A stands for?
What is action.
Is the following an independent or dependent clause?
Although it was raining
what is a dependent clause.
Name all seven of the coordinating conjunctions.
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So (FANBOYS)
List the 4-Step Method to figuring out the meaning of unknown words.
1. Context Clues
2. Connotation
3. Roots & Affixes
4. Word Association
Explain the difference between an internal conflict and an external conflict.
An internal conflict is a character's personal struggle within themselves, while an external conflict is a struggle between the character and an outside force like another person, society, or nature.
Is the following an independent or dependent clause?
We went for a walk
What is an independent clause
Name the plot elements in order.
What is Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution