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 A rhetorical appeal to credibility or moral principles.

• Rhetorical device

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

A rhetorical appeal to emotion.

• Rhetorical Device

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

What does it mean to analyze the characterization in a text?

• To count how many characters are in the story

• To describe the setting in detail

• To examine how the author builds and develops characters

• To rewrite the story from a different character's perspective

Using context clues, what does the word "benevolent" most likely mean in a sentence about a king who was loved by his people for his benevolent rule?

• Cruel

• Kind

• Indifferent

• Tyrannical

Read this sentence from the story.

Theo walked inside the house but his heart sank when Mr. Parker said, “I want to introduce our new dog walker, Jo!” (paragraph 18)

Which phrase means the same as his heart sank as it is used in the sentence above?

• 
  he stopped breathing

• he became angry

• he felt pain

• he felt very sad

What does Theo infer after his first conversation with Mr. Parker?

• The Parkers will walk Horace themselves.

• He will help the Parkers find a dog walker.

• He will be the Parker's dog walker.

• The Parkers will not change how often they walk Horace.

Read this sentence from the story. "I just can't seem to keep him from bounding off of the porch to greet everyone who walks down the street." (Paragraph 5) Explain why the author uses bounding instead of jumping in the sentence above. Write your answer in the space provided.

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How does the sentence above help the reader understand Theo's problem?

• It shows he is angry that he doesn't get an allowance.

• It shows he wants the comic books very much and can't buy them.

• It shows he can earn money to buy the comic books.

• It shows he may be able to get the Parkers to give him comic books as a gift.

The emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• Denotation

• Context Clues

• Figurative Language

• Connotation

• Imagery

‘As David drove toward the Greenville suburb where Landon lived with his mother, the guilt gnawed at him.’

What is given human characteristics in this statement?

• David's Guilt

• David's Car

• David's Mother

• Landon's House