RL 2.5 Text Structure and Effects on Audience

an element that evokes emotions such as worry, anxiety, fear and stress on the part of both the reader and the characters

• humor

• surprise

• tension

• mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

When the audience feels eagerness or exhilaration from a story generally because an event occurs that they were not expecting.

• tension

• surprise

• mystery

• relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

When the audience begins to ask questions or becomes curious as to what is happening in the plot or what will be the outcome of the plot.

• tension

• surprise

• mystery

• relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

When the audience is relieved of tension or suspense.

• tension

• surprise

• mystery

• catharsis

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

An effect that makes audiences laugh, or that intends to induce amusement or laughter.

• tension

• humor

• surprise

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

When authors or directors go back in time (through character memories or explicitly) to reveal information to the audience.

• flashback

• situational irony

• flashforward

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When authors or directors use hints or clues to suggest what might happen in the future.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• flashforward

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the events that occur are different from what the reader was expecting.

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Pacing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

When the audience knows information that characters do not know.

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Pacing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When characters say one thing and mean something else.

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• pacing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3