Literary Devices - Application

What is the tone of this passage:

Tim Rutledge of Orlando, Florida, was on his way to Indiana to make a delivery Monday when he drove right into a snowstorm and his brakes froze. In temperatures of 42 degrees below zero with the wind chill, Rutledge pulled over at a truck stop and got under his truck to fix the brakes. While Rutledge was on the ground, the truck shifted and trapped him underneath.

• Passion

• Fear

• Sorrow

• Calm

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

Mood is...

• The reader's feelings while reading the text

• The author's style of writing

• The author's attitude or feelings

• The reader's feelings before reading the text

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

Tone is...

• The author's attitude or feelings

• The reader's feelings while reading the text

• The reader's feelings before reading the text

• The author's style of writing

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.6.3B

Tone is the ​ (a)   attitude towards the text. Tone and ​ (b)   are ​ (c)   from one another. Mood refers to the reader's​ (d)   But, both mood and tone are ​ (e)   through the author's word choice.

• author's
• mood
• different
• feelings.
• conveyed

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What is the definition of theme?

• A universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express.

• Events that occur within the story

• Author's reason for writing the story

• Location of the stories

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Three flies notice an overturned honey pot. Two of the flies decide to land in the honey and start eating it. But the oldest fly stays back. The two flies tease the older fly, but then get stuck in the honey.

What is the theme of this story?

• Some prizes aren't worth it.

• Overeating leads to illness.

• Insects value food over safety.

• Always send a tester.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Where can a reader find the theme?

• It stated directly in the text.
• A character tells you.
• The reader must understand what the character has learned.
• Books or movies do not have themes.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

To identify a theme in a story, a reader can ask ...

• What has the character learned?
• What is the setting?
• Who is the narrator?
• ALL of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.2

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

What is the POINT OF VIEW in a story?

• the perspective from which the story is told

• the characters in the story

• the plot of the story

• the setting of the story

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CCSS.RL.4.6