The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing is the ....

She hesitated, listening for sounds of the creature. The forest seemed empty, but she could sense something else out there. Something watching and waiting. What is the mood of the passage?

What is the mood of a text?

Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the question below. My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me.

QUESTION: What tone do the details of the poem convey?

What is the "mood" in this passage? The man—right in the middle of the crowded train—began to clip his long, yellow fingernails flicking them onto the floor. He did it slowly, as if he didn't even care that a dozen other people could see and hear him.

What is the tone?

Piglet: “How do you spell ‘love’?”

Pooh: “You don’t spell it…you feel it.” —Winnie-the-Pooh

Lone Wolves and Other Frontier Tales by S. Goodson:

Red looked across the prairie. He didn't see anything concerning. He wondered why Texas Joe had hollered like that. Texas Joe turned to him. The ghost that Texas Joe had just seen was gone. Texas Joe swatted at the air. Now he felt crazy. "You have to believe me, Red. It was just here," said Texas Joe. Red scowled at him in disbelief. "What was just here, Joe?" he asked. Red was angry with Texas Joe for disturbing his sleep for no apparent reason

Date Match by Scott Waterlog:

Diego looked over the edge. He thought about how far the ground was. The wind gusted. Whitney turned to him and said, "It's beautiful up here, huh?" Diego could not think about beauty. All he could think about was not falling off the edge. He said, "Yeah, Whitney, it really is beautiful. Hey, how long do you want to stay up here?" Whitney laughed and said, "Let's stay up here the rest of our lives!" Diego grimaced. He was afraid that this scenario was all too likely.

To Make French Toast: First, take out a skillet to cook and turn the stove on low. Second, you will melt the butter in the pan and stir it with a spatula. Third, beat the eggs. Fourth, lay the bread, white or wheat, on both sides in the eggs. Fifth, sit the bread on top of butter for 30 seconds and then turn over. Now you have a slice of French toast, repeat.

Tumbleweed by Scotty Prost:

Butch dug his spurs into his horse and she kicked up dust. "Giddy up!" he said. I was riding right behind him, but I was a much less capable rider. "Butch, could you wait up for me?" I asked. He didn't. I kicked my horse and tried to get her to move faster. She whinnied and bucked me off her. As I landed with my posterior in a mud puddle, Butch laughed. Then he kept riding. "Butch!" I shouted, "Wait up!" He didn't.

When the narrator tells the story of “he” or “she” and reveals two or more characters’ thoughts or feelings

Sugar Fever: The Candy Wars by Douglass Wimperford:

We stared at the Bubblegum Fortress from the mouth of the Cotton Candy Woods. The gumdrop soldiers were scurrying atop their sugar coated ramparts. I wouldn't be surprised if someone had tipped them off. Chet Eagle approached me and said, "What now, Commander Candy?" I thought about it for a second. "Well, they get better prepared with each passing second, so let's attack now." Chet Eagle bowed and said, "As you wish, Commander Candy."

When the story is narrated from the perspective of “I”

"He went to the bus stop to wait for the bus. It was freezing outside and he only had on a sweater. He could not wait for the bus to arrive so he could get warm." What point of view is this sentence example?

"Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank." Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Louis Sachar

“What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.

"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.

"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.

"I'd be scared to let go," I type.

"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.

"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”

― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."

"You will never be satisfied in life if you don't seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?"

Dr. Ferguson has been treating people in town for twenty years. He claims that he has seen more incidents of severe sunburn and heat stroke in the past two years than in his entire career. It is his opinion that people should be more concerned with protecting themselves in hot weather by using sunscreen.

The scores from the most recent standardized tests show that students are improving in language arts but have made no measurable progress in math. Therefore, additional instruction in math should be offered at every grade level.

It costs the school district $300,000 per year to provide bus transportation to 2,000 children. If children living within a mile of their schools were required to walk to school, the cost of busing would decrease by $100,000.

This graph shows that over the past ten years the weight of the average 13-year-old has increased steadily, while the average height has remained unchanged. In other words, more and more teens are becoming obese and should start learning the benefits of healthy eating and exercise.

Do you feel nervous about talking to other people? Are you shy and afraid of joining in when others are having a good time? This book will help you gain the confidence you need to become popular overnight.

Situational archetype that describes the search for someone or some object, which when it is found and brought back, will restore life to a wasted land

What character archetype has an unusual birth, endures trials, seeks a morally good goal, makes sacrifices, etc...

What character archetype represents evil, opposes the hero, and may tempts the hero in exchange for their integrity?

What character archetype is clever and funny, disobeys rules to create disorder

An inexperienced character that is exposed to the evils in the world

The protector and leader

The protective nurturer and gentle provider

Characters who are always in the wrong place at the wrong time, but who usually win something of value in the end

Term for a stereotypical character who often needs saving

The place of suffering and decision

The place where the hero encounters fear or death

The strong place of safety; holds the treasure or the princess; may be bewitched or enchanted

After breaking his mother's favorite vase, Casey struggles to decide whether he should tell his mother the truth or attempt to hide his mistake and blame the family dog.

It's the year 3030 and society is completely dependent on computers and robots. A young boy named Domino is flying his hovering board to school when all the machines start attacking people due to a powerful computer virus.

Janie is on a whitewater-rafting trip along a choppy river when their guide suddenly has a heart attack. Now she and the other passengers must learn to work together to survive the treacherous rapids. As if things weren't bad enough, some of the passengers have spotted a bear following the confused rafters along the shore.

Everything was going just fine for Mae until yesterday. That was when she found out that her eyes were turning green. In Mae's world people discriminate against those with green eyes. Green-eyed people cannot vote or hold public office and they are often forced to work the worst jobs for the least pay, if they can even find a job. Mae's parents want her to have surgery to change her eye color, but her grandma, who also has green eyes, encourages her to fight for her rights.

Kirstin was once teased for being heavy, but then she lost a lot of weight. Now Kirstin is very skinny, but there is just one problem: she still sees an overweight girl when she looks in the mirror. Her friends and family try to convince her of how beautiful she is, but she doesn't believe them. Worse still, she is continuing to diet.

Ronny has won second place in the science fair for the last two years, and Newton Robinson has taken first. Ronny hated how Newton gloated and held those victories high over Ronny's head. This year, Ronny will stop at nothing to beat Newton. He has even enlisted the help of a Nobel Prize nominated scientist who was banished from the scientific community for his rogue experiments.

Linda wants nothing more than to see her children happy, but her youngest has asked for a Robo-Kite, the hottest toy of this holiday season. After many hours of searching, Linda finally finds one at a department store, but Bruce finds it at the same time, and his son Robert wants it equally bad. Join Linda as she battles with Bruce to acquire a hot consumer item and learns a lesson about life and the holiday spirit along the way.

Sofia hated that the city was planning to cut down trees and demolish a park to put in a new gas station. She planned a protest, complete with chants and posters, to convince everyone else that no matter how bad they needed a gas station, it shouldn’t come at such a cost to mother nature!

Damien and Aiden were twins, and their mom and dad had given them a huge vacation for their 18th birthday. They had to agree on where they wanted to go, but Damien wanted to go on a cruise to Mexico and Aiden wanted to go whale watching in Alaska. Both were so stubborn that they could never agree.

Carter always turned in fantastic work. His handwriting was perfect, his answers were always right, and it was always turned in on time. Even though his teacher was constantly telling him what an incredible student he was, he still felt like he wasn’t good enough.

The story of Rosa Parks is a well-known one, but few people are familiar with Ms. Parksʼ full history. She was not a woman who simply “didnʼt want to move” as we were often told in elementary school. In fact, she had a long history of activism with the NAACP and the Votersʼ League in the long fight for civil rights. Parks spent many years working with a network of African Americans, staging peaceful protests around Birmingham, Alabama. Regardless, her act of refusing to give up her seat on the bus on December 1, 1955 marked a powerful moment when a single woman refused to bow to the racism that surrounded her.

Jackie had always been a little bit different than her friends. Instead of playing with dolls as a little girl, she had preferred cars and trucks. Rather than wearing a dress for picture day, she always wore a sports t-shirt and jeans. It was hard when Jackie wanted to play hockey instead of things like ballet or softball because there weren't many girls hockey teams, but Jackie didn't care. She knew what she loved, and she wanted to show people that girls can have lots of different interests!

After years of saving money, John bought his dream home. It was a two-story beach house in a secluded area. John thought it was absolutely perfect, until he noticed the termites. First there were just a few, nibbling away at the back deck, but soon there were thousands. If he didn't do something fast, his dream home would be ruined.

Ashley's mom told her that she wasn’t going to help her keep her room clean anymore, since she always messed it up again anyways. Instead of putting her clothes away for her, her mom piled them up outside the door. Ashley was annoyed that her mom wasn’t helping her anymore, and she decided to not clean her room until it drove her mom SO crazy that she would come clean it herself.

NAME THE TYPE OF CONFLICT:

As far back as Brendon could remember, he only wanted one girl, Alice Dailey. To Brendon, she was perfect in every way. There was just one problem: every time Brendon tried to talk to her, he felt butterflies in his stomach and then he threw up in his mouth. To overcome his fear, Brendon enlists the help of the coolest guy in the school, Max Mansion, to teach him how to talk to girls. Will Brendon be able to summon the nerve to ask out Alice with Max's help, or will he just puke in his mouth again?

When Mulan found out that her father was going to have to fight in the war, she decided to take her fathers place. Since the law said that girls can not be warriors, she cut off her hair and dressed as a boy. What type of conflict is this?

The main character of the story.

Refers to the struggle between two opposing forces.

A conversation between characters.

Causes the plot to become tense or entangled as a result of the conflict.

The sequence of events

The perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told.

The place and time in which a literary work takes place.

A central idea, concern, or purpose

The writer's attitude toward the readers, characters, and the subject.

Refers to the atmosphere or feeling conveyed by a work.

One the most popular musical instruments is the piano. In the traditional musical instrument classification system of string, woodwind, percussion and brass, the piano falls into two categories. It is considered a string instrument because the sound comes from the strings inside the piano. It is also considered a percussion instrument, since the player strikes the keyboard, which signals an internal hammer to strike the strings.

What is the author's main idea?

The main idea of a text is . . .

Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.

Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

Have you ever wondered where chalk comes from? Tiny animals called foraminifera live in the sea. Each of these small living animals makes a tiny shell out of lime. When they die, their shells remain. With time, these shells become layers of white rock which we call chalk. Chalk is often found in places that were once underwater.

What is the main idea?