Creating Tone and Mood Through Diction Tone The attitude the writer takes toward the subject heshe is writing about or toward the reader Writercentered Tone words not a complete list Sincere ID: 300138
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What feelings are created in you by looking at these pictures? Write two to three sentences per picture on your own paper.Slide2
Creating Tone and Mood Through DictionSlide3
Tone:The attitude the writer takes toward the subject he/she is writing about or toward the reader.Writer-centeredSlide4
Tone words (not a complete list)SincereParanoidCriticalApprovingProud
SeriousSuspiciousSoothingAloofLight-heartedObjectivePlayfulSlide5
Mood:The overall feeling or atmosphere created in a piece of literatureReader-centeredInfluenced by the settingThe author’s tone helps create the moodSlide6
Mood Words (not a complete list)CheerfulHopefulRomanticCalmPowerful
MysteriousGrotesque ThreateningSpiritualMelancholyMorbidEerieDismalIntenseSlide7
Diction:A fancy term for “word choice”Authors choose their words carefully. It’s up to us to understand how their choice of words create meaning, or tone, or mood.You must
always choose an adjective (or two) to describe the diction. Never just say, “The author uses diction to …”Slide8
How an author creates meaning …Analyzing the Intended Effect of DictionSlide9
“The Great Imagination Heist” ~ Reynold PriceThe statistics are famous and unnerving. Most high-school graduates have spent more time watching television than they've spent in school. That
blight has been overtaking us for fifty years, but it's only in the past two decades that I've begun to notice its greatest damage to us—the death of personal imagination.Slide10
Context of a WordWhat are the circumstances surrounding the word? How is it being used? To
describe what?Slide11
Denotation of the WordWhat is the literal meaning of the word?The dictionary
definitionClown: a fool, jester, or comedian in an entertainment (as a play); specifically
: a grotesquely dressed comedy performer in a circusSlide12
Connotation of a WordWhat is the implied emotional meaning of the word?
What are the associations of that word?What does it bring to mind? Clown:A freaky, face-painted harbinger of doom; a thing of nightmares.Slide13
Yeah, Not Funny!Slide14
Emotions Associated with a WordWhat human feelings are awakened or stirred by the word? Begin with positive or negative, but then try to apply a more specific feeling, such as happiness, anger, compassion, fear, revulsion, guilt,
etc …Slide15
The Effect Intended by the AuthorWhat does the author want the audience to think, to feel, to do? What kinds of connections does he/she
want us to make?Slide16
It’s Your Turn! In your groups, use the five criteria we just covered to determine the effect of the word “blight” in the provided passage.Slide17
PatternsTone in a piece of text is not established by the author’s use of one word or image but by a pattern of diction, imagery, figurative language, and other stylistic devices. Once you have established the effect of one word, look to see if there are other words or images that reinforce that tone.