Basic Changes in Tone Adapted from a lesson by Patti Slagle LWP What choices do we have as writers when we compose a basic simple sentence The man walked down the street The man walked down the street ID: 413635
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How small choices equal big effects
Basic Changes in Tone
Adapted from a lesson by Patti Slagle, LWPSlide2Slide3
What choices do we have as writers when we compose a basic, simple sentence?Slide4
The man walked down the street.Slide5
The man walked down the street.
Choose an
adverb
to convey
how
the man walked down the street.Slide6
The man walked down the street.
Rewrite the sentence, using the adverb in various location possibilities.Slide7
The man
slowly walked down the street.The man walked slowly
down the street.
The man walked down the street
slowly
.
Slowly
, the man walked down the street.Slide8
The man walked down the street.
What different
verbs
could you use to convey the meaning of both the
verb and the adverb
in your sentence?
Make a list of
verbs
with your table group.Slide9
The man
sauntered down the street.The man strolled
down
the street.
The man
hobbled
down
the street.
The man
ambled
down
the street.
The man
staggered
down
the street.
The man
meandered
down
the street.
The man
moped
down
the street.
The man
rambled
down
the street.
The man
traipsed
down
the street.
The man
drifted
down
the street.
The man
wandered
down
the street.
The man
moseyed
down
the street.
The man
plodded
down
the street.
The man
trudged
down
the street.
The man
limped
down
the street.
The man
shuffled
down
the street.
The man
stumbled
down
the street.
The man
waddled
down
the street
.Slide10
The man walked down the street.
Now add a
phrase and/or a clause
to one of your sentence to provide readers with additional information or to create an image for your readers.
Do this with your table group.Slide11
The man
staggered down the street in a stupor.
The man
moped
down the street
after losing his bet
.
The man
strolled
down the street
as he whistled a cheery tune.
The man
wandered
down the street
with his head down, looking for his lost keys
.Slide12
The man walked down the street.
Relocate the
phrase and/or clause
in your sentence to create a different effect for readers.
Do this with your table group.Slide13
In a stupor
, the man staggered down the street.
After
losing his
bet,
t
he man
moped
down the street.
As
he whistled a cheery
tune,
the man
strolled
down the street
.
With
his head
down,
the man
wandered
down the street
looking for his lost keys
.Slide14
The
man staggered down the street in
a stupor
.
In a stupor
, the man
staggered
down the street.Slide15
The man
wandered down the street with his head down, looking for his lost keys.
With his head down,
the man
wandered
down the street
looking for his lost keys
.
Looking
for his lost
keys,
the man
wandered
down the
street
w
ith
his head down
.
With his head down,
looking for his lost keys,
the
man
wandered
down the
street.
Looking
for his lost
keys with
his head
down,
the man
wandered
down the street
.Slide16Slide17
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne CollinsMentor Passage:“I carefully lay out the provisions. One thin black sleeping bag that reflects body heat. A pack of crackers. A pack of dried beef strips. A bottle of iodine. A box of wooden matches. A small coil of wire. A pair of sunglasses. And a half-gallon plastic bottle with a cap for carrying water that’s bone dry. No water. How hard would it have been for them to fill up the bottle?” (Collins 154)Slide18
How small choices equal big effects
Basic Changes in Tone
Adapted from a lesson by Patti Slagle, LWPSlide19
How small choices equal big effects
Basic Changes in ToneSlide20
Rhetorical Device Prompts
Example prompt:Persuade your reader to agree that
gay marriage
should be allowed.
You
must
use
chiasmus
,
anaphora
,
or
antithesis
in your text.Slide21
Rhetorical Device Prompts
Example prompt:Persuade your reader to agree that
gay marriage
should be allowed.
You
must
use
chiasmus
,
anaphora
,
or
antithesis
in your text.
Response (using anaphora):
We can see the signs of change all around us. Changes that say we are on the cusp of allowing equality within the law. Changes that help us remain the beacon of freedom in the world. Changes that should have happened long ago.Slide22
Rhetorical Device Prompts
Example prompt:Entertain your reader on the subject of
gay marriage
.
You
must
use
alliteration
,
assonance
,
or
hyperbole
in your text.Slide23
Rhetorical Device Prompts
Example prompt:Entertain your reader on the subject of
gay marriage
.
You
must
use
alliteration
,
assonance
,
or
hyperbole
in your text.
Response (using hyperbole)
Of course, we all know what gay marriage leads to: millions of otherwise straight individuals suddenly getting gay married against their will because of the passage of this law. And what’s after that? Pretty soon, people will want to marry their pets, cars, and houses. It will be anarchy.Slide24
Rhetorical Device Prompts
Persuade your reader that social networks
(Facebook, Instagram, etc.) are harmful. You
must
use
chiasmus
,
anaphora
, or
antithesis
.
Entertain
your reader about
e-book usage
(Kindle, Nook, etc.) instead of traditional books. You
must
use
alliteration
,
assonance
, or
hyperbole
.
Describe
a situation regarding
plastic surgery
for cosmetic reasons. You must use
allusion
,
synecdoche
,
polysyndeton
, or
periphrasis
.