English Study Guide 9-12th Grade

* Author’s Perspective – Point of view the author takes. * Style – To take or set forth the meaning of a (Word, Phrase, Etc) * Inference – The act or process of interfering * Suspense – A state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome * Form – External appearance of clearly defined area, as distinguished from color and material * Connotation – Suggesting of additional meanings by a word or expression, apart from its literal meanings * Tone – Any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, and source * Mood – A state or quality of feeling at a particular time * Author’s Purpose – The reason the author writes is to inform * Prediction – An act of predicting * Syntax – An instance of these * Irony – The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning * Diction – Style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words

* Discreetly – With discretion prudently and with wise self-restraint * Eloquent – Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing * Resolution – A firm decision to do or not to do something * Ponderous – Slow and clumsy because of great weight * Elusive – Difficult to, catch, or achieve * Lethargy – A lack of energy; sleepiness * Treacherous – Guilty of or involving betrayal or deception * Lucid – Expressed clearly; easy to understand * Traverse – Travel across or through * Pettishly – Easily irritated or annoyed * Supposition – An uncertain belief * Squalor – A state of being extremely dirty *

A man is in a room without light. He attempts to figure out his rooms shape, and ends up almost falling down a pit. Later he is drugged by the food the captors give him. He ends up strapped to a table with a big pendulum holding a giant blade that slowly descends. In order to save himself, he takes the beef they allowed him to have as a last meal, and