Essential Questions

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Essential Questions???

• September 2-September 5

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What is mood?

• A mood- or atmosphere- is a feeling that a
  literary work conveys to readers.
• Mood is the atmosphere created by the setting,
  and actions of people and characters in it.

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What is tone???

• Tone is the attitude a writer has towards the
  subject they're writing about. It is evident in
  they're diction, style, and opinion if they
  express one.

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What is theme???

• A theme is the meaning or message about life or
  human nature that is communicated in a literary
  work.
• In many cases, readers must infer what the theme
  is.

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What is irony???

• Irony is a contrast between what is expected and
  what actually exists or happens.

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What is point of view???

• The perspective from which a story is told.

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What is point of view???

• First person the narrator is a character in the
  story and uses first person pronouns such as I,
  me, and we.

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What is point of view???

• Third person the story is told by a narrative
  voice outside the action, not by one of the
  characters. Third person point of view uses third
  person pronouns, such as he, she, it, and they.

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What is the mood in A mother in Manville???

• The orphanage is high in the Carolina mountains.
  Sometimes in winter the snowdrifts are so deep
  that the institution is cut off from the village
  below, from all the world.
• I was there in the autumn. I wanted quiet,
  isolation, to do some troublesome writing.