Constructed Response Flash Cards

Author's Use of Language

- Signs can be composed of sounds, gestures, letters, or symbols, depending on whether the language is spoken, signed, or written, and they can be combined into complex signs, such as words and phrases.

Inference

- a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Rhetorical Question

- a question that you ask without expecting an answer. The question might be one that does not have an answer. It might also be one that has an obvious answer but you have asked the question to make a point, to persuade or for literary effect.

Author's Purpose

- authors write to entertain people and make them laugh. Authors also write to persuade or convince their readers to believe in something.

Tone/Speaker's Attitude

- in written composition, is an attitud of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. - speaker's attitude toward the subject and the. Page one. Tone. Tone is defined as the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject and the. audience.

Characterization

- process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization.

Word Choice

- refers to a writer's selection of words as determined by a number of factors, including meaning (both denotative and connotative), specificity, level of diction, tone, and audience.

Implied

- suggested but not directly expressed; implicit.

Theme

- the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Author's Point of View in relation to tone

- they want to express their ideas. There are three different choices - first person, second person, and a variety of third person point of views. The type of pronouns and the genre can be a clue when identifying the author's point of view.

Central Idea

- unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story. The central idea can be best described as the dominant impression or the universal, generic truth found in the story.

Figurative Language

- using figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive and impactful. Figures of speech such as metaphors, similes, allusions go beyond the literal meanings of the words to give the readers new insights.

Author's Style

- word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text.