Diction
What is diction?
Author’s word choice, and it creates an atmosphere or feeling.
What is mood
the overall atmosphere of a story. We usually describe mood using words related to emotions. The mood can be relaxed, sad, peaceful, lonely, tense, reflective, humorous, and so on.
What is dialogue?
A character’s spoken words reveal how the character uses language and responds to others.
What is a claim?
A statement an author makes to express their main idea or opinion.
Which of these has the most dramatic mood?
A) The puppy yawned and fell asleep in the sunshine.
B) The storm clouds gathered as the last candle flickered out.
C) I ate a sandwich.
B) The storm clouds gathered as the last candle flickered out.
What is the connotative meaning of a word?
The connotative meaning is the positive or negative idea of feeling associated with a word
What is syntax?
the way words are organized into sentences and phrases. Sentences can be short and simple or long and more complex. The type, length, and rhythm of sentences can affect mood.
What is direct characterization?
The writer tells the reader what the character is like. The reader does not need to interpret what the writer says.
What is Author's Purpose?
Why an author writes a text, like to inform, entertain, or persuade.
What would be an example of informal diction between friends?
A) “I request your presence at lunch today.”
B) “Wanna grab lunch?”
B) “Wanna grab lunch?”
What is the denotative meaning of a word?
The denotative meaning is the literal meaning found in the dictionary
What mood does this sentence create? How does it make you feel as a reader?
Sentence: The old house creaked and groaned as the wind howled through the empty halls.
This sentence has words like "creaked," "groaned," and "howled," which suggest a spooky or eerie mood, encouraging students to think about how word choice affects the mood.
What is an internal monologue?
A character’s inner thoughts are revealed through a mental conversation with himself or herself.
What is a call to Action?
Tie all of your thoughts together. Explain what your reader should do now.
Which sentence has clearer syntax?
A) “She ran quickly down the hall to class.”
B) “Ran to class the hall quickly she down.”
A) “She ran quickly down the hall to class.”
How is formal diction different from informal diction?
With friends, you’d use informal diction – relaxed words, slang, and contractions. With teachers, you’d use formal diction – polite, complete sentences, and respectful vocabulary.
You use this punctuation mark to join two complete ideas together in one sentence.
a comma (with a word like “and” or “but”)?
What is indirect characterization?
The writer provides clues as to what the character is like through the character’s dialogue, thoughts, and actions.
If an author says, “Homework should be banned,” this is an example of?
Claim Statement
Which of these shows indirect characterization?
A) The teacher was patient and kind.
B) The teacher smiled and waited calmly while everyone settled down.
The teacher smiled and waited calmly while everyone settled down.
Is this an example of informal or formal diction? How?
Ex. “Hey, what’s up? You wanna hang out later? I’m totally down if you are!”
Informal, it creates a relaxed and conversational tone.
What is a simple sentence?
This kind of sentence has just one main idea.
Is this sentence an example of direct or indirect characterization? Why?
Sentence: Riley raced to the drama room when she heard the cast list had finally been posted.
Indirect characterization
The word congested shares the common prefix con- (also spelled com-)with these words contect, community, communication. Using this information, choose the likely meaning of congested.
Filled by things or people struggling violently
Filled by things or people crowded together
Filled by things or people arranged logically
Filled by things or people fleeing danger
2. Filled by things or people crowded together
If your mood right now were a movie title, what would it be?
Answers vary (teacher decides if accurate)