AHA moments
Point of view
The method of narration used in a text.
The main idea of the Summer of his fourteen year is?
Leaving childhood behind is hard for parents and teens.
Active voice
Active voice is when the subject is the person or thing that performs the action.
Metaphor
Metaphors compare two different things by saying that one thing is another, without using like or as.
Why did the mother close the door in hanging fire.
The closing door in hanging fire symbolizes the separation between the mother and the girl and the child can't get in to speak to her.
Suspense
The sense of growing tension fear and excitement felt by the reader.
The authors message of hanging fire.
conflicts that teenagers go through.
Example of Active voice
Anna painted the house.
Personification
Personification is a type of figurative language in which an object, animal, or an idea is given human qualities.
The mother finds it difficult to let go because?
The son is distant and he is away in college
Third person
Story that is told by an outside narrator who is not a character in the story
The authors purpose of summer of his fourteen year is?
The mom cannot let go her sons childhood.
Example of Passive voice
The house was painted by Anna.
Hyperbole
Hyperbole is use of exaggeration for effect.
Examples of Active voice
First person
Theme?
The message of the story
Passive voice
Passive voice is when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb.
Idiom
Idioms are common expressions that have a meaning that is very different from its individual parts.
Examples of Passive voice
A meal is being cooked by me.