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Unit VIII Evaluating Style
Pre AP English Kimball High School Tracy CA
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English
9th Grade
06/07/2013

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Diction
Definition
Writer’s choice of words.
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Figures of Speech (Figurative Language)
Definition
Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another. Not to be taken literally.
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Tone
Definition
Writer’s attitude toward a subject, character, or audience
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Theme
Definition
The story’s central idea or insight about life. The truth about human behavior the writer wants us to know. A STORY’S THEME MUST BE 1 COMPLETE SENTENCE.
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Mood
Definition
The atmosphere or the feelings a story evokes.
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Setting
Definition
Time and place of a story
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Cause
Definition
The reason why something happens.
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Effect
Definition
The result.
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Chain Reaction
Definition
One event causes another event and so on.
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Dialect
Definition
Particular was of speaking in a region or within a group of people.
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