Narrative Focus Notes- TKR

Focused Narrative

Elements

How do authors create compelling narratives?

Notes

In the CLASS NOTES section of

your notebook, ONLY write

down what is HIGHLIGHTED in

yellow!

Tone

Tone is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

Created through...

-Word choice

-Author’s viewpoint on a particular subject

The tone can be formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad, or cheerful, or it
may be any other existing attitude. (Feeling/emotion words)

*Remember, tone is how the author is feeling. It is NOT how the reader
feels when reading it. That would be MOOD. Often, however, Mood
and Tone end up being the same.

Multiple Choice

In a piece of writing, who controls the TONE?

• the reader

• the author

• tiny robots

Multiple Choice

The meat was tough, the soup was cold, and the pie was clammy. When the waitress came by to ask how everything was, I just looked up at her and rolled my eyes. Enough said.

The tone is

• caring

• humble

• judgemental

• indifferent

Multiple Choice

Which word indicates a tone of happiness to the following sentence:
Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiance and their wedding plans.

• vicinity

• wedding

• joyful

Multiple Choice

Which word in the following text DOES NOT enhance the tone of suspense?

"She walked slowly down the stairs as something unknown shrieked behind her."

• slowly

• stairs

• unknown

• shrieked

Figurative Language

Literal:words function exactly as defined

Ex. The car is blue.

Ex. He caught the football.

Figurative: words need to be figured out or interpreted to know what they

mean

Ex. I’ve got your back.
Ex. You’re a doll.

Metaphors, similes, personification, and onomatopoeia all fall under types of
figurative language.

Figurative Language- Definitions

Metaphor: Two dissimilar things are compared without using “like” or
“as.” The comparison states one thing IS the other thing.
-Ex. All the world's a stage, and we are merely players.

Simile:Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
-Ex. During the accident, the metal twisted like a ribbon.

Personification:Giving human traits to objects, feelings, or ideas.
-Ex. The streets are calling my name beckoning me to come to them.

Figurative Language- Definitions

Onomatopoeia: Creating or using words that include sounds that are similar to
the noises the words refer to.

-Ex. Buzz, flush, hummed, purr

Alliteration: the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words,
or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase.

-Ex. Thomas took too many turns on the swing and ignited Ted’s temper.

Hyperbole: Exaggeration to create emphasis or effect.

-Ex. My backpack weighs a ton and rips through my shoulders.

Multiple Choice

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

The west wind dances down the road.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Choice

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Imagery/Sensory Language

Imagery: Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and
ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical sense of sight.

Ex. The brown water of the murky lake glistened in the sun.

Sensory Language: Language that taps into our other senses- smell, taste, touch, sound

Ex. Smell: The savory and sweet aroma of barbeque sauce wafted from the grill.

Ex. Taste: The sour lemonade shocked my taste-buds as I gulped down the glass full.

Ex. Touch: The bunny’s velvety fur gently pushed through each of my fingers.

Ex. Sound: The squawking of the seagulls interrupted the serene sounds of the waves
crashing on the shore.

Word Choice

An essential part of crafting a piece of writing is selecting purposeful,
powerful, and symbolic words.

Authors use words to convey certain tones, emphasize their ideas, and
effectively communicate with their readers.

Some words can have a positive connotation, other words can have a
negative connotation, and some are neutral. A connotation is an idea or
feeling a word invokes.
Positive: Your son is an absolute angel.
Negative: She was a complete brat the entire time you were gone.
Neutral: This tool may have another use.

Multiple Choice

“Her eyes sparkled like sapphires in the dark.” What senses does this Descriptive use to paint an image in the reader's mind?

• Sight

• Touch

• Hearing

• Smell

Multiple Choice

The 5 sensory details that create imagery is called....

• sight, sound, taste touch, feel

• magic, rainbow, sunshine, manipulation, designation

• artificial intelligence

• sight, sound, taste, touch, smell

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes the sense of smell.

• He bit into the juicy apple.

• His breath was minty fresh when we spoke.

• His eyes were as blue as the ocean.

• He was singing like an injured cat.

Multiple Choice

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The sun's rays warmed my face as I stepped outside.

• smell

• sight

• touch

• taste

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the selection best appeals to the reader's sense of sight.

• "It was late in the day when they departed."

• They marched into the woods that surrounded their underground home."

• "Long shadows stretched over the entrance to the ant kingdom."

• "One by one, the insects climbed out."

Multiple Choice

"Barefoot, The warm mud molds my feet."

• see

• hear

• touch

• taste

Multiple Choice

What is the tone of the text?

• Attitude expressed by the author

• Voice Level of the narrator

• Mood of the reader

Multiple Choice

Connotative meaning of a word is:

• Emotional or Cultural association

• Dictionary Definition

• Negative

Multiple Choice

"Nosy" has what kind of connotative meaning?

• Negative

• Positive

• Neutral

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is the best example of sensory details?

• I like chocolate.

• Chocolate is made from roasted, ground cacao seeds.

• Chocolate is delicious and I love to eat it.

• The chocolate melted on my tongue as I placed the heart shaped candy into my mouth.

Multiple Choice

What sense does this appeal to: "The tangy sauce, the melted cheese, the soft crust, and the crispy pepperoni greeted my tongue like my dog greets me at the door at the end of a long work day."

• Sight

• Taste

• Smell

• Sound

• Touch