Tone Review

Tone Review

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What is tone?

TONE

is the author’s attitude toward the subject, the characters or the readers, which is revealed by the author’s diction and word choice. 

How do you identify tone? 

• Think of tone as “tone of voice.” 

• WORD CHOICE!! 

WORD CHOICE EXAMPLE:

• “I’m looking forward to writing my college application essays.”

• “I’m looking forward to writing my college application essays only slightly more than I looked forward to having my wisdom teeth pulled.”

Denotative

• Dictionary definition of the word

• Remembering Tip: denotative, definition, and dictionary all begin with the letter ‘D.' They all have to do with a word's meaning.

Connotative

• Connotative definition is a direct response to the word’s ‘emotion.' A connotative meaning, or connotation, refers to the emotions or human reactions and feelings that come from a word.

• Negative, Positive, or Neutral 

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Explain the difference between the following sets of words: Silly/Giddy

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Explain the difference between the following sets of words: Angry/upset

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Explain the difference between the following sets of words: Mocking/sarcastic

Multiple Choice

What is tone?

• the atmosphere of the narrative.

• refers to the author’s attitude toward his/her topic/subject

• Referes to the reader's feelings based on the feel of the story

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Dictionary definition of the word

• Denotative

• Connotative

Multiple Choice

Emotional meaning of the word

• Denotative

• Connotative

Multiple Choice

“This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox

and which 5

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious 10

so sweet

and so cold

What is the author’s tone towards the subject of forgiveness?

• Sorrowful

• Insincere

• Genuine

• Formal

MOOD

•Mood is the feeling a piece of literature arouses in the reader. It is the atmosphere created by the author. Some literature makes us feel joyful, solemn, angry, etc.

•Mood is often created by setting.

Multiple Choice

“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe

During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing along, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher…I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled luster by the dwelling…[with] vacant and eye-like windows.

What is the Mood?

• Formal

• Depressing

• Happy

• Inspiring

THEME

Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work. [ big world]

Personification

is when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.

EX:

-Lightning danced across the sky.

- The wind howled in the night.

Alliteration

the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)