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Barbara Kingsolvers High Tide in Tucson Diction in relation to Tone Consider Art is the antidote that can call us back from the edge of numbness restoring the ability to feel for another ID: 487311

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Slide1

Excerpt from Barbara Kingsolver’s “High Tide in Tucson”

Diction in relation to ToneSlide2

Consider:“Art is the antidote that can call us back from the edge of numbness, restoring the ability to feel for another.” – Barbara Kingsolver, “High Tide in Tucson”

Define: What is the metaphor in this statement?

Art is the antidote Art=antidoteSlide3

Consider:“Art is the antidote that can call us back from the edge of numbness, restoring the ability to feel for another.”

Discuss:

What is Kingsolver’s purpose in this statement?

What is her tone (her attitude toward art)?

By using the word

antidote

, what does the author imply about the ability to feel for another?

If we changed the word

antidote

to

gift

, what effect would it have on the meaning of the sentence?Slide4

WRITE:“Art is the antidote that can call us back from the edge of numbness, restoring the ability to feel for another.”

Write one well-developed paragraph explaining how Kingsolver uses

diction

to support her

purpose

in this statement. Be sure to consider and explain the

power

of the word

antidote

in your response.

Who does what

and

why

or

how?

Purpose statement

Break down the word antidote

Concluding sentenceSlide5

EDIT and REVISE:Make sure topic sentence answers who does what and why/how - if it doesn’t rewrite it!Make sure paragraph is in present tense – if it isn’t, rewrite it!

Make sure you use transitional words between ideas – if there aren’t any, insert them!

Make sure there are no “to be” verbs in your paragraph…if there are, replace them with ACTIVE, DOING verbs!

Turn in at the END OF THE PERIODSlide6

Excerpt from E.B. White’s “Twins”

Diction in relation to ToneSlide7

Consider:“As I watched, the sun broke weakly through, brightened the rich red of the fawns, and kindled their white spots.”

– E.B. White, “Twins,”

Poems and Sketches of E.B. White

Think: What kind of flame does

kindled

imply?

Would the sentence be strengthened or weakened by changing

the sun broke weakly through

to

the sun burst through

? Explain the effect this change would have on the use of the verb

kindled

.Slide8

WRITE:“As I watched, the sun broke weakly through, brightened the rich red of the fawns, and kindled their white spots

.”

In a well-developed paragraph,

explain

how White uses

diction

, especially the word “kindled,” to enhance his rhetorical purpose.

Edit yourself:

Check topic sentence: Who does what and why/how? Is it answered?

Check verb tense: Have you used present tense throughout?

Check transitions: Do you transition clearly between concepts and sentences?

Check “to be” verbs: Have you used ACTIVE VERBS and avoided “is,” “are,” etc.?

TYPE THIS UP AT HOMESlide9

W.B.Yeats’ “sailing to Byzantium”Determining Tone through DictionSlide10

Consider: “An aged man is but a paltry thing

A tattered coat upon a stick…” – W.B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”

Discuss:

What type of literary technique is included here?

What is the comparison?

What picture is created by the use of the word

tattered

?

By understanding the connotations of the word

tattered

, what do we understand about the persona’s attitude toward

an aged man

?Slide11

Discuss: “An aged man is but a paltry thing

A tattered coat upon a stick…” – W.B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”

What does it mean to be a

thing

?Slide12

Discuss: “An aged man is but a paltry thing

A tattered coat upon a stick…” – W.B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”

Write your own purpose statement, then compare with your group and choose the best one

Starter

: In Yeats’ excerpt from “Sailing to Byzantium,” he uses ___________ diction to convey the _____________.Slide13

Discuss: “An aged man is but a paltry thing

A tattered coat upon a stick…” – W.B. Yeats, “Sailing to Byzantium”

Write a paragraph in which you explain how Yeats uses diction and/or imagery to convey his view of an “aged man.”Slide14

Dee Browns’ Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Determining Tone through DictionSlide15

Consider:

“Meanwhile, the United States Army, thirsting for

revenge

, was prowling the country north and west of

the

Black Hills, killing Indians wherever they could

be

found

.”– Dee Brown,

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Discuss:

What

are the connotations of thirsting? What

feelings

are evoked by this diction

?

What

are the connotations of prowling? What

kinds

of animals prowl?

What

attitude toward the U.S. army does this

diction

convey?Slide16

Discuss:“Meanwhile, the United States Army, thirsting for revenge, was prowling the country north and west of the Black Hills, killing Indians wherever they could

be

found.”– Dee Brown,

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Write a well-developed thesis and body

paragraph explaining

how Dee Brown uses diction and tone in

order

to convey his purpose.