Imagery Tone Mood Diction
Imagery Tone Mood Diction
ACT Prep
Questions 7-10
Bell Ringer
In your notebooks write down todays date. Answer the following question
Imagery
Creating a picture in the readers mind. Draws on our prior knowledge to get specific images across. Frequently use adjectives and adverbs. Show, dont tell. Something concrete that appeals to any of the five senses - sight, sound, touch, taste, smell - as well as metaphor, simile, and personification.
Examples of imagery
The following images might be used to describe a stroll on a summer night: Sight - a full moon in a black sky Sound - the chirp of crickets Taste - the tang of cold glass of lemonade Touch - a warm breeze Smell - freshly mowed grass
The burnt-out ends of smoky And at the corner of the days. street
And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.
Diction
Diction:
The authors choice of words. Diction reflects the writers vision and steers the readers thought.
Diction
The writers purposewhether to entertain, inform, or persuadepartly determines diction.
If the authors purpose is to inform, the reader should expect straightforward diction.
If the writers purpose is to entertain, the reader will likely encounter words used in ironic, playful, or unexpected ways.
Diction also depends on the occasion. As with clothes, level of formality influences appropriate choices.
Diction
When studying diction, students must understand both
connotation (the meaning suggested by the word) denotation (the words literal meaning).
Practice
Explain the differences in connotation among the members of each of the following groups of words:
1. Hurl, throw, chuck 2. Giggle, laugh, snicker, cackle 3. Mansion, dwelling, residence, house, home, habitat
Tone vs mood
Tone Example 1A Tone Example 1B Tone Example 2A Tone Example 2B Tone Example 3A Tone Example 3B
6-8 weeks of bed rest Constant feeding Fatty, milk-based diet Force-feeding if needed Patients prohibited from talking, reading, writing, sewing