By Mark Twain Stage Fright
Dec 18, 2015
By Mark Twain
Stage Fright
FactInformation that can
be proved.
Example:Toy Story 3 was the
highest grossing movie of the series making over 400 million dollars in all.
A person’s judgment or belief.Look for clues that
indictate an opinionI believe, In my opinion, Words such as
wonderful, terrible, always, nobody, worst and all
Example, I believe Toy Story 3 was the best because I loved the ending.
Fact or Opinion?
Opinion
The mountains of San Francisco are very beautiful and romantic.
Average temperatures in Sacramento in December are in the fifties.
The man standing on the street corner seemed to be lonely an confused.
Fact or Opinion?
Author’s Perspective: the viewpoint from which he or she writes. The perspective is based on the author’s beliefs and background. Reveals his or her own feelings about the work.
Author’s Perspective
Vocabulary
Understanding; compassion
Sarah was filled with sympathy for Mary after finding out her dog died.
Sympathy
Driving forceAfter watching the runners Mary felt a
compulsion to run the marathon next year.
compulsion
Purposefully; earnestlyIn order to get an A Greg worked intently on
his homework.
intently
Filled with feeling of fear and wonderThe tourists were awed when looking at the
Eifel Tower.
awed
Making great efforts or struggling; being in great painWe were agonizing over the final losing score
of the Steelers game.
agonizing
Passed down from generation to generationWe learned about hereditary diseases in
science class.
hereditary
word sentence picture
sympathy I had great sympathy for Sarah when she got a bad grade on her test.
compulsion
intently
awed
agonizing
hereditary
Vocabulary
A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
Possessive personal pronouns show ownership.
Possessive Pronouns
Which Ones Do I Use?Possessive Pronouns Used Before Nouns
Possessive Pronouns Used By Themselves
my mine
your yours
our ours
their theirs
her, his hers, his
its its