Analyzing Tone and Figurative Language

How does the author use the word baffled in the text? Make sure to you evidence from the text?

Find a sentence from that text that has either a simile or metaphor? How does it affect the passage?

Throughout the entire story what kind of tone is the author using? Does it change or stay the same?

The tone used in a passage can affect the way its interpreted?

• True

• False

Do the words "afraid" and "fear" have different connotations? Explain why or why not?

What is the definition of Connotative?

• Connotation refers to the feeling or idea of a word.

• Connotation refers to two or more similar words.

• Connotation refers to the tone of a word.

Why do you think the author uses figurative language in the story?

What kind of tone is this quote using?

• depressing

• motivating

• regretful

What kind of figurative language is the author using in the beginning of the story? (Read it a couple times)

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

Write a short story using connotative, figurative language, and make sure to keep the same tone throughout the story. Your story can be about anything as long as it school appropriate.