That's a Mood
Figuratively Speaking Now
The Voice
Characterization Station
Comma On!
100
What is mood?
the emotional response that a writer wants to give the reader
100
Which figurative device is used below?
"With your hair falling into place like dominoes"
Simile
100
Match the sentence structure to the type of voice: passive or active.
Subject + Verb + Object
Object + Verb + Subject
Active: Subject + Verb + Object
Passive: Object + Verb + Subject
100
What is a protagonist?
The main character of a story
100
Where does the comma go below?
His Birthday is on February 23rd 1972.
His Birthday is on February 23rd, 1972.
200
What is the mood of this paragraph?
Trey looked out the window. The rain was still pouring down. He threw his baseball glove on the couch with a sigh. His phone dinged; it was from his cousin: the game is cancelled. He threw his phone down next to glove and rubbed his temples. The rain pattered on.
Answers May Vary: sad, dejected, dreary, frustrated, disappointed
200
Which figurative device is used below?
"You can take me down with just one single blow"
Hyperbole
200
Active or Passive: The entire paella was eaten by us.
Passive
200
What is an antagonist?
The villain or opposing character of the protagonist
200
Where does the comma go below?
I like to run but not when it’s hot.
I like to run, but not when it’s hot.
300
What is the mood of the paragraph?
She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.
answers may vary: whimsical, bewildered, wonderful, excitement
300
Which device is used below?
"Missing him was dark grey all alone"
Metaphor
300
Active or Passive: The Beatles were my mother's favorite band in high school.
Active
300
What does it mean if a character is dynamic or static?
Dynamic means they change, static means they stay the same
300
Where does the comma go below?
“Yes” said the girl to her mother “I am on my way home.”
“Yes,” said the girl to her mother, “I am on my way home.”
400
What is the mood of the stanza?
It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
Answers may vary: gloomy, melancholic, reflective
400
What figurative device is used below?
"You, Romeo, you were throwing pebbles, and my daddy said stay away from Juliet"
Allusion
400
Active or Passive: The olives are stoned and crushed in this room.
Passive
400
What does it mean if a character is flat or round?
A flat character does not have many traits and is not realistic. A round character has a realistic personality and many traits.
400
Where does the comma go below?
My brother a 22 year old male graduated from college today.
My brother, a 22 year old male, graduated from college today.
500
What is tone?
The author's attitude/feeling toward what they are writing about
500
Which figurative device is used below?
"Time, mystical time, cutting me open, then healing me fine"
Personification
500
Switch this sentence from passive to active: The document had been released into the public domain.
Zombies released the document into the public domain.
500
What type of character is Hermione Granger?
Round and Static
500
What are 3 reason you use commas in a sentence?
Separating items in a list, Separating Independent Clauses, Separating Independent and Dependent Clauses, Using commas to separate quotes, Appositive phrases, Separating towns, states, and countries, Separating days and months