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Tone, Mood Author's Purpose, and Text Structure

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Tone, Mood Author's Purpose, and Text Structure

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How does the author's choice of plot affect the tone?
The plot makes the tone more intense by adding words such as "impossible", "anxiously", and "mightiest".

What is the mood of the text?
Mood of the king of mazy may is serious because, the chase or the race to claim tone displays the mood.

What is the author's purpose for writing?
To not only entertain but inform people about this area that it takes place by using description.

What is the type of text structure? How do you know?
This is problem and solution because Walt clearly sees a problem when the stampeders are on Loren's claim. He solves this by going himself to claim the gold for Loren before the stampeders can.

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Written by Jack London

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Who is the antagonist in the story?

The stampeders are the anatagonists

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Who is the protagonist in the story?

Walt is the protagonist

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What effect does the title of the text have on the tone?

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What effect does the title of the text have on the tone?

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Explain your answer and select 5-7 words to support your answer.

The title effects makes the tone sound more serious. King, impossible, injustice, suspense, and quickness help to set the tone.

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Character traits of the protagonist: List 3 and support with evidence from the text.

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Character traits of the protagonist: List 3 and support with evidence from the text.

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Walt's character traits are persevering, brave, and thoughtful.
In paragraph 18,says "He was only a boy, bit in the face of threatened injustice against old lame Loren Hall he felt that he must do something". This shows that Walt is thoughtful. Although he doesn't care much about Hall, he helps claim his gold for him anyway. In paragraph  22, it says "Suddenly, over the snow-rim came the flying body of the Irishman... but Walt cracked him sharply across the knuckles with the butt of the dog-whip". This shows that Walt is brave. In paragraph 25 it says "But Walt only yelled harder at the dogs, and dashed round the bend with a couple of revolver bullets singing after him". This gives an example of Walt persevering.

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The author's purpose for writing the short story is to entertain, but he also writes to give information on what topic?

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The author's purpose for writing the short story is to entertain, but he also writes to give information on what topic?

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The author not only writes to entertain, but he also wrote to inform the reader about the type of things that happened during the gold rush.

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Suspense:  How does the author create suspense in the text?

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Suspense:  How does the author create suspense in the text?

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The author creates suspense by creating a problem in the story, and then elaborating on it with the chase to claim the gold.

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Text Structure:  What is the organizatial structure 

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Text Structure:  What is the organizatial structure 

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The text structure is problem and solution.

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Objective Summary: Write a 5 sentence objective summary.  Be sure to use correct sentence structure

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Objective Summary: Write a 5 sentence objective summary.  Be sure to use correct sentence structure

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Walt is in his cabin while his father is gone for a short while. He hears people outside and listens to hear what they are talking about. He finds out that they have taken gold that was on his neighbor, Loren Hall's claim. Walt finds this very wrong and takes 5 of their dogs to transport him to a place that will allow him to claim Loren's gold for him. Along the way, the stampeders (people that were taking the gold) try to stop his sled, shoot bullets at him, and kill his lead dog, but in the end he gets to the place and helps Loren claim his gold before the stampeders do.

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Simile: Locate a Simile in the text.  Provide the paragraph # and explain the meaning.

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Simile: Locate a Simile in the text.  Provide the paragraph # and explain the meaning.

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In paragraph 13, the Irishman says "The creek as rich as a United States mint!". He means that the creek had many valuables to offer.

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Metaphor: Locate a metaphor in the text, provide the paragraph # with figurative language, and meaning

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Metaphor: Locate a metaphor in the text, provide the paragraph # with figurative language, and meaning

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In paragraph 25, it says "..with a couple of revolver bullets singing after him". The bullets were not actually singing, they were very fast and loud.

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1. Which evidence from the movie and/or text Best supports  the idea that the author was very determined  to be a writer?
He put lots of description to go along with every major action, which greatly affects the tone of the text.

2.  What is the central idea of the text? The central idea is fight for what you think is best.

3. How does paragraph 5 contribute to the plot of the story?
Paragraph 5 contributes to the plot of the story by giving examples of who has had their claim jumped in the past. Later on, Loren Hall's claim is jumped.

your turn:
Create at least 4 question based on the text and the video.
Topics:
tone, mood, connotation, author's purpose, text structure, compare and contrast. point of view, passage summary.

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Plot development: Which paragraph contributes to the Climax of the text?

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Plot development: Which paragraph contributes to the Climax of the text?

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Point: Paragraph 29 contributes to the climax of the text.

Evidence: "There was no wind, but at the speed at which he traveled created a bitter blast, and which the thermometer down to forty below, this bit through fur and flesh to the very bones."

Explain:  This is describing what it was like during the chase, or the race to claim the gold. It is telling the reader how serious the conditions really where.

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How is the theme developed in the text? 

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How is the theme developed in the text? 

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Provide examples and paragraph numbers
In paragraphs 18 and 43, the theme dramatically develops. In 18, it includes when the stampeders first find the gold and are planning on claiming it for themselves. It is then when Walt realizes that he must claim it for Loren before the stampeders can take it. In 43, it reaches to an end and Loren gets his gold. It brings out the theme because it shows that after all the trouble Walt went through, he really did accomplish his goal.

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Theme development:  How is the theme being developed?

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Theme development:  How is the theme being developed?

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The theme develops from action to action. When a character interferes. the theme starts to develop more.

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Theme: “Stand up for what is right”Write a P.E.E paragraph explaining the theme of the story.

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Theme: “Stand up for what is right”Write a P.E.E paragraph explaining the theme of the story.

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The theme of "The King of Mazy May" is bravery. In paragraph 19, it says "Gaining the camp, he picked out, with and experienced eye, the easiest running sled dogs... but he had little time in which to do it, for he could hear the voices of the returning men..." and in paragraph 21, "He was almost breathless with suspense..." This contributes to the theme because it represents struggle, and in the end Walt succeeds because of his bravery.

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Which paragraph from the text contributes to the theme "Stand up for what you believe in?

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Which paragraph from the text contributes to the theme "Stand up for what you believe in?

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Paragraph 18 dramatically contributes to the theme. It is the moment of thought where Walt is deciding that he is going to stand up for what is right and claim Loren Hall's gold for him.