The "technique" an author uses to get their point across to their reader can be summed up as the "why" of a passage.

Select the options that relate to an author's technique:

The ________ of a passage is its general ______________ or ___________ complexion.

There are very few aspects of a passage that can affect its mood.

Choose the following that relates to Mood:

Not every piece of writing will have a tone.

The writer makes use of tone to indicate his/her ____________ or ______________ toward their subject matter.

Writer's tone will not impact the effect on their reader.

Function questions assess how well you understand the choices that an author makes in structuring and developing their writing through the use of language.

Rhetoric questions require you to consider the author's POV and/or purpose.

Select which of the options relate to Rhetoric:

Function question are often called "meaning in context" questions.

Function questions ask about what a word or phrase means in context and not the effect of a word or phrase.

Select examples of Function questions:

Function = Effect / result

Inference questions ask about the meaning of a line, paragraph, or even an entire passage.

Inference questions can be tricky because the answers will be stated explicitly in the passage.

In contrast to Function questions, which ask: "what does this [word, phrase, line] DO," Inference questions ask: "what does ]this word, phrase, or line] MEAN.

There are 3 main kinds of Inference questions:

Examples of Inference questions: