Quarter 2 Terms

Question 1

Question: What is a claim?

Answer 1

Answer: In an argument, a claim is the writer’s position on an issue or problem. Although an argument focuses on supporting one claim, a writer may make more than one claim in a work.
Example- Dora The Explorer is an educational television show for children.

Question 2

Question: What is a point of view?

Answer 2

Answer: Refers to the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction.
Example: We are a team and I am the team captain. (1st person)

Question 3

Question: What is mood?

Answer 3

Answer: In a literary work, mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. Descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language contribute to the mood of the work, as do the sound and rhythm of the language used.
Example: The mood of this speech was sad.

Question 4

Question: What is foreshadowing?

Answer 4

Answer: Foreshadowing is a writer’s use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in a story. The hints and clues might be included in a character’s dialogue or behavior.
Example: I have a bad feeling about this.

Question 5

Question: What is an extended metaphor?

Answer 5

Answer: An extended metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things at some length and in several ways.
Example: ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers.

Question 6

Question: What is pace?

Answer 6

Answer: The speed as which the story is told/read.
Example: The pace of this poetry is fast then slow.

Question 7

Question: What is author’s tone?

Answer 7

Answer: A unique combination of ideas, values, feelings, and beliefs that the author expresses.