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 . 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. ESL 015 Wenli Zhang. What’s your understanding of this sentence?. “T. he difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. . 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.. Tone. When we . read we . hear the speaker’s voice. It’s the voice that conveys the . tone . of an author work. .. Tone . is. . the author’s implied attitude towards its subject.. Tone. is an abstraction we make from the details of a . 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?. Diction: Word Choice. “The difference between the right word and almost right word is like the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.” . – Mark Twain. To study diction is to analyze how a writer uses words for a distinct purpose and effect.. author’s attitude toward the writing . (his characters, the situation) and the readers. A work of writing can have more than one tone. An example of tone could be both serious and humorous. Tone is set by the setting, choice of vocabulary and other details. . Athletics. Tone: How does this basketball player seem to feel after a game?. Romantic. Annoyed. Ecstatic. Modest. Mary . Poppins. Tone: How does this nanny seem to feel toward her new charges?. Motherly. Compounds are ALWAYS composed of elements in fixed ratios. This is often referred to as the . Law of Definite Proportions.. This law states that elements are always present in the same proportions by mass in a compound. I.e. H. Tone and Mood “Boy, watch your tone when speaking to me” Tone: The writer’s attitude towards the subject of the piece, the audience, and self. Also known as, the way feelings are expressed. Bell . Ringer. :. When you think of the word. . home. what images come to mind? What other words come to mind?. Connotation & Denotation. Define. Connotation/Denotation of Animals. Connotation/Denotation of Sports Teams. .