PPT-Voice Diction Detail Imagery

Syntax Tone Voice Effective voice is shaped by words that are clear concrete and exact Good writers eschew to avoid to shun words like pretty nice good beautiful fine things really very terrible a lot and bad Instead they employ words that invoke a specific effect . Diction refers to the author’s choice of words.. Tone is the attitude or feeling that the writer’s words express.. When analyzing diction, consider such questions as:. Is the . language concrete (factual)or abstract . ELA 3-4h. Diction. Author’s choice of words. Foundational; serves as the basis for other elements of voice. 2 elements. Connotation/Denotation. Formality. Connotation & Denotation. T. he . metaphorical idea or feeling invoked by the . 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!. What is the difference between denotation and connotation?. Denotation. – the literal, dictionary definition of a word. ex. home – place where one lives. childish – characteristic of a child. a. nd how to discuss them meaningfully . Definitions. Diction: an author’s . choice . of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or . effectiveness . Any . of the four generally accepted levels of diction—formal, informal, colloquial, or slang—may be correct in a particular context but incorrect in another or when mixed unintentionally. Most ideas have a number of alternate words that the writer can select to suit . Diction. Diction. , . word choice. , is the most powerful element of style for you to understand. Many words in our language have strong connotations. . and authors use them on purpose to elicit certain responses from the reader.. Create . VOICE. In Writing. English II. Unit 2. 2012.2013. Literary Techniques Used to Create VOICE in Writing. Voice is the color and texture of communication – the pitch and timbre of verbalization. . . from Nancy Dean. Tone #1. Consider:. “What a thrill—. My thumb instead of an onion. . The top quite gone. Except for a sort of a hinge. Of skin,. A flap like a hat,. dead white.. Then a red plush.”. Diction and Imagery. Literary Artists (the good ones at least) choose their words carefully…. It is helpful to consider the things they could’ve done, but chose NOT to…. …and then ask yourself why…. There was a scurrying around and then eight of them . snatched. up their guns, formed into twos, and marched out behind the office. He wheeled his horse about and trotted towards me. I jumped back and . Tone is the attitude or feeling that the writer’s words express.. When analyzing diction, consider such questions as:. Is the language concrete or abstract?. Are the words monosyllabic or polysyllabic?. . What are the five senses?. Sight. Sound. Taste. Touch . Smell . Not Imagery. The sun went down. . Sight Imagery Example . As the sun became a . bright ball of orange. , the sky surrounding it . quickly splintered. Tone is the attitude or feeling that the writer’s words express.. When analyzing diction, consider such questions as:. Is the language concrete or abstract?. Are the words monosyllabic or polysyllabic?. She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father’s voice and her sister Margaret’s. She heard the barking of an old dog that was chained to the sycamore tree. The spurs of the...