PPT-Tone AP Language and Composition

Exercise Ill need a volunteer Read the line at the top of the slide with a variety of meanings I Love You Affectionately I Love You Questioningly I Love You . Modernism. Underlying conception of progress in history. Reaction against Romanticism. Desire for restabilization after World War I. Emphasis on science and technology to solve problems. “New Objectivity” in the arts:. a. nd how to discuss them meaningfully . PowerPoint modified from originals at . http://parkrose.orvsd.org/. , Hill’s 2007 . AP Lit Diction Guide, and . http://exchange.guhsd.net/details.php?object_id=370. Helping you write a better response to an AP prompt. A thesis must…. b. e concise. i. nclude a “why”. be arguable. answer prompt. Body paragraphs. Must be organized organically. Must NOT be organized by device. . 2010 Summer School on Documentary Linguistics in West Africa (Intermediate). July 19-July 31 2010. . What is tone and why work on it. ? (1) . “A language with tone is one in which an indication of pitch enters into the lexical realization of at least some morphemes” (Hyman 2001: 1368). Notes. DICTION…... "The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter.". ―. Mark . Twain. Diction. Diction refers to an author’s word choice. . Every word is chosen for a reason!. TONE. . Tone . is defined as the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject and the audience. Understanding tone in prose and poetry can be challenging because the reader doesn't have voice inflection to obscure or to carry meaning. Thus, an appreciation of word choice, details, imagery, and language all contribute to the understanding of tone. To misinterpret tone is to misinterpret meaning. . 1. Integrating quotations. Tips on how to integrate textual support smoothly into your own writing. AP English Language and Composition: Glass. 2. What works?. INEFFECTIVE. . Rodriguez writes, “My parents, who are no longer my parents in a cultural sense.” He expresses the alienation from his family that has resulted from his assimilation into English-speaking American culture.. MRS. BURHENN. TONE. . Tone . is defined as the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject and the audience. Understanding tone in prose and poetry can be challenging because the reader doesn't have voice inflection to obscure or to carry meaning. Thus, an appreciation of word choice, details, imagery, and language all contribute to the understanding of tone. To misinterpret tone is to misinterpret meaning. . Exam Prep. : . Mock . Paper 1. What is tone?. Writers communicate a message to us through a particular tone. . Tone . is the choice of vocabulary, syntax and verb tense, all of which place the reader in a particular mood. . 1. Integrating quotations. Tips on how to integrate textual support smoothly into your own writing. AP English Language and Composition: Glass. 2. What works?. INEFFECTIVE. . Rodriguez writes, “My parents, who are no longer my parents in a cultural sense.” He expresses the alienation from his family that has resulted from his assimilation into English-speaking American culture.. Yesterday, I had a student ask me what the word . prodigious . meant in the article “High Jinks: Shoot Out.” Why did the author say prodigious and not just say smart-and why did he make these kids out to be prodigious when what they are doing is hacking, and that could also be called illegal?. Figurative Language. Authors use figurative language to engage the reader with the text. Figurative language is language that is not meant to be taken literally. Example: . “That test was a piece of cake.”. FOCUSED FRIDAYS. Sit quietly. The CLICKER quiz will begin in a minute.. You MUST also write your answers on an opener sheet of paper.. Objectives. 1. Locate the topic sentence in an expository paragraph. Text Response . Context Writing . Language . Analysis . . Section . A – Text response (Reading and responding) . D. etailed . knowledge and understanding of the selected . text . (The Kite Runner .