front 1 Setting | back 1 The time period or location where a story takes place. |
front 2 Suspense | back 2 A feeling of growing tension or excitement. |
front 3 Mood | back 3 The feeling the reader gets due to the author's words and descriptions. |
front 4 Tone | back 4 The author or narrator's attitude, as conveyed through word choice and writing style. |
front 5 Audacity | back 5 Willingness to take bold risks. |
front 6 Bleak | back 6 Unpleasantly cold and damp. |
front 7 Eerie | back 7 Mysterious; unexplainable in a way that is frightening. |
front 8 Grim | back 8 Forbidding or uninviting in appearance. |
front 9 Malevolent | back 9 Having or showing a wish to do evil. |
front 10 Peril | back 10 Serious and immediate danger. |
front 11 The time period or location where a story takes place. | back 11 Setting |
front 12 A feeling of growing tension or excitement. | back 12 Suspense |
front 13 The feeling the reader gets due to the author's words and descriptions. | back 13 Mood |
front 14 The author or narrator's attitude, as conveyed through word choice and writing style. | back 14 Tone |
front 15 Willingness to take bold risks. | back 15 Audacity |
front 16 Unpleasantly cold and damp. | back 16 Bleak |
front 17 Mysterious; unexplainable in a way that is frightening. | back 17 Eerie |
front 18 Forbidding or uninviting in appearance. | back 18 Grim |
front 19 Having or showing a wish to do evil. | back 19 Malevolent |
front 20 Serious and immediate danger. | back 20 Peril |
front 21 Which term best fits this example? I was born in Memphis, Tennessee on July 5th, 1964 and the day was blisteringly hot. | back 21 Setting |
front 22 Which term best fits this example? He sat upright in his tent very suddenly as the sound of footsteps crunched in the leaves outside, goosebumps prickling his skin. | back 22 Suspense |
front 23 Which term best fits this example? The short story had such vivid descriptions that everyone in class felt sick to their stomachs. | back 23 Mood |
front 24 Which term best fits this example? I could tell just by the way my friend was texting back that she was really upset with me, though I couldn't understand why. | back 24 Tone |
front 25 Which term best fits this example? She took a deep breath and looked at the pool of water far below the cliffs, then she jumped. | back 25 Audacity |
front 26 Which term best fits this example? As he walked home from school, his foot plunged into an icy puddle, soaking his sock and shoe. | back 26 Bleak |
front 27 Which term best fits this example? He couldn't identify the giant thing that streaked through the night sky, but it made him shiver in terror. | back 27 Eerie |
front 28 Which term best fits this example? As she walked up to her new school, chills ran down her spine; it was a massive, dark building with creaky steps and barred windows. | back 28 Grim |
front 29 Which term best fits this example? The group of boys put a dead fish in her locker, hid around the corner, and gleefully waited for her screams. | back 29 Malevolent |
front 30 Which term best fits this example? He had been on this street hundreds of times before, but as he was approached by a stranger with a weapon, he realized that this time would be very different. | back 30 Peril |