PPT-Diction & Imagery Analyzing the craft & structure of

Arthur Millers The Crucible Diction DenotationConnotation What 3 loaded words are used in reference to Abigails reputation Blush Soiled Black Why do these words contain a negative connotation . Create . VOICE. In Writing. English II. Unit 2. 2012.2013. Literary Techniques Used to Create VOICE in Writing. Voice is the color and texture of communication – the pitch and timbre of verbalization. . Diction/Syntax. Imagery. Details. Language. Structure. DIDLS. D. iction and . S. yntax-. -the connotation of word choice; how structure affects the reader's attitude (e.g., short sentences are often emotional or assertive and longer sentences move toward more reasonable or scholarly intent). Diction. Diction. , . word choice. , is the most powerful element of style for you to understand. Many words in our language have strong connotations. . and authors use them on purpose to elicit certain responses from the reader.. Education for Leisure. terms. Colloquialism. : in a conversational manner that may include slang: . Connotations. : emotional association a reader has for a certain word:. God …. in . Education. it has a – connotation not as creator but destroyer.. Diction. Diction. , . word choice. , is the most powerful element of style for you to understand. Many words in our language have strong connotations. . and authors use them on purpose to elicit certain responses from the reader.. R.I.9-10.4. I . can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative and technical meanings, analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and . What a Novel Idea!. Structure in The Cellist of Sarajevo. Analyzing the Structure of a Novel. Looking at specific structural choices an author has made is an often overlooked (sadly) strategy for “figuring out” the author’s philosophical purpose (aka THEME) for a novel.. Create . VOICE. In Writing. English II. Unit 2. 2012.2013. Literary Techniques Used to Create VOICE in Writing. Voice is the color and texture of communication – the pitch and timbre of verbalization. . Diction and Imagery. Literary Artists (the good ones at least) choose their words carefully…. It is helpful to consider the things they could’ve done, but chose NOT to…. …and then ask yourself why…. Diction. Imagery. Details. Organization. Syntax. Summary. D: DICTION. Diction is the writer’s pattern(s) of word choice.. IMPORTANT: words do not get onto the paper by accident. . Each. word represents a choice.. Syntax. Tone. Voice. Effective voice is shaped by words that are clear, concrete, and exact. Good writers eschew (to avoid; to shun) words like pretty, nice, good, beautiful, fine, things, really, very, terrible, a lot, and bad. Instead they employ words that invoke a specific effect. . Mrs. Smith. Miss Cullen. Diction. Diction. , . word choice. , . is the most powerful element of style for you to understand. . . Many . words in our language have strong connotations and authors use them on purpose to elicit certain responses from the reader. Mrs. Smith. Miss Cullen. Diction. Diction. , . word choice. , is the most powerful element of style for you to understand. Many words in our language have strong connotations. . and authors use them on purpose to elicit certain responses from the reader.. Analyzing Literature and Postcolonialism Analyzing Literature “Because literary authors don’t tell us explicitly what the text means, it’s always going to be arguable —and your task in writing about a literary work is to argue for what you think it means”—