Elements of Fiction Review

What is tone?

• The sound of someone's voice during lessons.

• The author's attitude toward the subject.

• The reader's attitude toward the subject.

• How the reader feels throughout the reading selection.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

How would you characterize the tone of the following sentence: "I won the game fair and square--I'll fight anyone who says differently!"

• delighted

• bored

• angry

• suspicious

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following options do NOT reflect what the word connotation means?

• The emotional weight of a word

• the literal meaning of a word

• the way a word makes the reader/listener feel

• the impact a word has on the reader/listener

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which word has the most negative connotation?

• smell

• odor

• stench

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word has the most positive connotation?

• peculiar

• different

• strange

• unique

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the foreshadowing in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• A)That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

• B)That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• C)They were about to eat breakfast.

• D)That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The following is in what POV? "I pressed the doorbell again. I wondered if the button worked. Could the person inside hear the sound of the buzzer over the traffic noises? Were they even home? I decided that it didn't matter."

• 1st Person

• 3rd Objective

• 3rd Limited

• 2nd Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The following is in what POV?

Cindy got her test back and started crying immediately. It was a C. Her mother would never stand for Cs. She felt disappointed. She knew that she would be in big trouble. Then Jen got her test back. Jen cheered. She got a C. Her mother would be so proud. Jen had studied hard for the test and she was satisfied with the results. She felt proud.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Limited

• 3rd Omniscient

• 2nd Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the best definition of THEME?

• A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 
• The location and time of the story
• The events that occur in the story
• The author's reason for writing a story

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6