PM3 Skill review

What is the author's purpose in writing a fictional story?

• The author's purpose in writing a fictional story is to educate and inform the readers.

• The author's purpose in writing a fictional story is to entertain, inspire, or provoke emotions in the readers.

• The author's purpose in writing a fictional story is to confuse the readers.

• The author's purpose in writing a fictional story is to bore the readers.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

What is the author's purpose in writing an informative article?

• To persuade readers to buy a product

• To provide readers with accurate and useful information on a particular topic.

• To entertain readers with fictional stories

• To confuse readers with irrelevant information

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

What is the author's purpose in writing a play?

• To educate the audience.

• To entertain an audience.

• To bore the audience.

• To confuse the audience.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is the relationship between the mood of a piece of writing, and the reader of that piece?

• Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing.

• Mood is the knowledge the reader gains from a piece of writing.

• Mood is the relationship the reader develops with the author of a piece of writing.

• Mood is the amount of sympathy the reader feels for the characters within a piece of writing.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A story's mood is often implied, instead of stated outright. What does "implied" mean?

• Declared

• Hinted at

• Denied

• Deceptive

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

_______________- The attitude that a writer takes towards his or her subject.

• Denotation

• Anecdote

• Mood

• Tone

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_______________- How a reader feels when reading a written work.

• Denotation

• Anecdote

• Mood

• Tone

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or false? Diction can refer to a person's choice of words

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the tone of the following statement? ------ "Those grimy rugrats need to keep their despicable paws off my property. Children should not be allowed in public without a babysitter!"

• humorous, light-hearted

• bitter, angry

• neutral, objective

• sarcastic, witty

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read this statement: "Those grimy rugrats need to keep their despicable paws off my property. Children should not be allowed in public without a babysitter!" The diction that suggested a bitter tone included the following words:

• children, public, allowed

• property, children, babysitter

• paws, grimy, rugrats, despicable

• babysitter, allowed, property

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4