Starter quiz
- The mood of a text is ______.
- the logical response the story creates in the reader
- the emotional response the story creates in the reader ✓
- the ethical response the story creates in the reader
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- Which two of the following are definitions of gloomy?
- dark and poorly lit ✓
- bright and open light
- feeling sad and despondent ✓
- feeling happy and joyous
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- Match the description with the emotion.
- The clouds wept⇔sadness ✓
- The sky darkened⇔fear ✓
- The sun brightened⇔happiness ✓
- Descriptive writing means writing that is ______.
- logical and well sequenced
- persuasive and emotional
- interesting and detailed ✓
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- Dreary can mean which two of the following things?
- repetitive and dull ✓
- sadness ✓
- vivid and exciting
- repetitive and comforting
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- If a text opens with a wild and chaotic scene of storms and wind, we expect that ______.
- something predictable is about to happen
- something tumultuous is about to happen ✓
- something joyous is about to happen
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Exit quiz
- Giving human emotions to non-human things or objects is ______.
- personification
- pathetic fallacy ✓
- anaphora
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- To serve as a sign or symbol of something means to ______.
- represent ✓
- present
- depict
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- Starting with the first, put the steps to creating pathetic fallacy in chronological order.
- 1⇔Choose a non-human object or thing from the scene
- 2⇔Consider the emotion you want to express
- 3⇔Describe the non-human object or thing as having this emotion
- The image of the wind 'howling' suggests ______.
- a calm, tranquil manner
- deep anger or sadness ✓
- something magical is about to happen
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- The word pathetic comes from 'pathos' which means ______.
- emotion ✓
- logic
- falsehood
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- Which of the following is an example of pathetic fallacy?
- The clouds encroached upon the sun and the sky darkened. ✓
- The branches stretched their long fingers and tapped the next tree.
- The branches were like hands reaching forward towards me.
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Key learning points
- Pathetic fallacy is a literary technique in which emotions are ascribed to non-human objects and things.
- Pathetic fallacy helps to show the mood of a piece of writing.
- Pathetic fallacy helps the reader visualise the scene and reflects the character’s emotion.
Common misconception
That pathetic fallacy can only be used to give emotion to the weather.
Pathetic fallacy is where human emotions are given to any non-human object or thing.
Keywords
Mood - the emotional response the story creates within the reader
Represent - to serve as a sign or symbol of something
Literary device - a tool used by writers to hint at larger themes, ideas, and meaning in a story or piece of writing
Descriptive - describing something in an interesting and detailed way
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