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Question 1

Tone

Answer 1

The attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a charter, or the reader.Tone is given through the writer’s choice of words and details.

Question 2

Mood

Answer 2

The emotional effect that a piece of writing evokes in the reader.

Question 3

Diction

Answer 3

A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words. Diction is an essential element of a writer’s style.

Question 4

Connotation

Answer 4

All the meanings,associations,or emotions that a word suggests. Connotations play an important part in creating diction, mood, and tone.

Question 5

Denotation

Answer 5

The literal, dictionary definition of a word.

Question 6

Dialect

Answer 6

A form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people.

Question 7

Theme

Answer 7

The central idea or insight about human life the author wants us to obtain from reading the author’s writing.Theme is the revelation about life the writer wishes us to discover about the subject.To discover theme,two clues to consider are the way the main character has changed and the way the conflict has been resolved.

Question 8

Inference

Answer 8

An educated guess; reading “between the lines” to make guesses about what’s left unsaid.

Question 9

Analogy

Answer 9

Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.

Question 10

Anecdote

Answer 10

A brief account of an interesting incident or event that usually is intended to entertain or to make a point.

Question 11

Writer’s style

Answer 11

A particular way a writer uses language-mainly through diction