Collection 2 terms

Question 1

What is Point of view/ or claim?

Answer 1

In a argument a claim is the Writers position on a issue or problem.
Ex: First person- narrator is witnessing and interacting with the event and other characters first hand.

Question 2

What is Mood?

Answer 2

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
Ex: descriptive words, imagery and figurative language contributes to the mood of a work.

Question 3

What is Foreshadowing?

Answer 3

Writers use of hint or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
Ex: The hints/clues may be included in the characters dialogue or details of description

Question 4

What is a Extended Metaphor?

Answer 4

A figure of speech that compares 2 essentaily unlike things at some length and in several ways.
Ex: Does NOT contain like or as

Question 5

What is Pace?

Answer 5

Speed of story

Ex:Length of a scene and the speed at which the writer distributes information.

Question 6

What is authors tone?

Answer 6

The author’s attitude for his//hers subject

Ex: amused,angry,chatty,humble,encouraging

Question 7

What is Irony (verbal and situational)?

Answer 7

Verbal: exists when someone knowingly or says one thing and means another
Ex:”the building has festive air on the outside” when what they did inside was the opposite
Situational: A contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens
Ex: getting yourself fired/killed