Study Sync Unit 1

Which is NOT a main part of plot?

A story's theme is usually general and can be applied to real life

The sound of the old man's heart most closely symbolizes

The climax/turning point is when

How can an author improve word choice?

Tone refers to the emotional response of readers to a certain text

Which character trait would most likely be one of an antogonist?

The inciting incident is when

What is the most likely reason the author repeats variations of the line, "I know why the caged bird sings?"

In the poem Sympathy, the poet implicitly compares a bird to

Edgar Allan Poe's tone in the Tell-Tale Heart is best described as

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

The people in which a story is intended for

A story's theme refers to

Suspense is a state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen

Author's point of view has nothing to do with how the author feels about the text

An author MUST directly state their point of view in every text

Which of the following best sums up how Nellie feels about people with actual mental illness?

Story structure is the framework writers use to develop the plot

Which is NOT an author's purpose?

Characters thoughts, actions, dialogue and reactions drive the plot

Implicit evidence means "suggested but not directly stated" in a story

A character trait of the narrator of Tell-Tale Heart could be

Textual evidence refers to...

An author's purpose is their reason for writing

the specific words that an author selects to convey meaning, tone, and actions as related to the author's purpose.

The term for the main (good) character

Bly's purpose for writing "10 Days in a Madhouse" is ...