Theme Tone Mood Symbolism and Imagery

Words and/or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. They bring a piece of text alive so that you can use your imagination to see, hear, feel, taste, or smell what is being described.

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

• theme

The message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from the story is called the

• thesis

• summary

• theme

• plot

What is the definition of MOOD?

• The feeling of a story.

• Words that sound like what they mean.

• A repetition of the initial consonant sound of words.

• A conversation between two or more characters.

Identify the mood: “Did a shadow fall across the moon or did the moon simply go out, extinguished as abruptly and completely as a candle? There was still the sound of leaves, a terrified, terrifying rushing. All light was gone. Darkness was complete. Suddenly the wind was gone, and all sound. Meg felt that Calvin was being torn from her. When she reached for him her fingers touched nothing.”

• Sad

• Frightening

• Magical

• Joyous

The THEME of a work is 

• the main character

• the title

• an idea that is dealt with

• the level of diction

The attitude an author takes toward a subject is called ___.

• tone

• mood

• pessimism

• syntax

Any language that appeals to the senses is called ___.

• denotation

• connotation

• irony

• imagery

These images represent different products/companies.  This is called __.

• imagery

• symbolism

• mood

• irony

Which literary device is used to represent ideas or qualities through symbols?

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Irony

What is the tone of a story?

• The author's attitude towards the subject

• The sequence of events in the story

• The main character's personality

• The setting of the story