Word Meaning

1. perspective from which a writer tells a story

• Author Purpose

• Point of View

• Theme

• Development

the reason or intention for which an author writes

A Author’s Purpose B Point of View C Theme D Development

• Theme

• Point of view

• Author's Purpose

• Development of ideas

use of words that are sounds

• diction

• A onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• allusion

To explain or support an answer given for a question with textual evidence

• summary

• cite

• justify

• details

Citations from the text that prove that proves an inference from the text to be justified

• Summary

• evidence

• plot

• details

The process of taking notes to understand a text, passage, story, or poem

• analyze

• cite

• annotate

• justify

a conclusion drawn from evidence that may not be clearly written/stated by the author

• justify

• Support

• inference

• sequence

Half Full

A rainy day will go away.

A failing grade can soon be raised.

A nasty cut in time will shut.

A dire year will disappear.

What word below best describes the tone of this poem?

• optimistic

• melancholic

• powerful

• cynical

Effie tried to scream, but no sound came from her throat. She recoiled a step from the window. When the girl regained sufficient courage to look out again, the man was gone.

The mood of this passage is BEST described as

• boastful

• defiant

• excited

• suspenseful

The footsteps were coming closer. I knew I had to get out of there fast. Looking desperately around, I finally spotted a small window at the end of the room, a beacon of light in the dark, rancid basement. I sprinted and leapt up to grab a ceiling pipe. Thankfully, the pipe was close enough to the window to allow me to swing my body through. My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time.

What is the mood of this passage?

• daring

• timid

• sorrowful

• cheerful