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Unit 1 Vocab. An introduction to TONE. What is TONE ?. The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience. How do writers convey tone? Diction (look at connotative meanings!) Syntax Imagery Figurative language. Week 1 TONE Words. Didactic ( adj. )
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Unit 1 Vocab An introduction to TONE
What is TONE? • The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience. • How do writers convey tone? • Diction (look at connotative meanings!) • Syntax • Imagery • Figurative language
Week 1 TONE Words • Didactic (adj.) • A.) designed or intended to teach • B.) making moral observations • Admonitory (adj.) • giving or conveying warning or reprimand • Condescending (adj.) • acting in a way that demonstrates a feeling of patronizing superiority • Nostalgic (adj.) • a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past
Week 1 TONE Discussion • Which of these new tone words (or one from your list) would best describe Orwell’s tone in “Politics and the English Language”? • Find THREE words or phrases from the text to support your answer. • Do you see any additional words that might describe the tone of the piece as a whole or a particular section of the piece?
Week 2 TONE Words • Disillusioned (adj) • Disappointed; dissatisfied • Wistful (adj) • Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy OR inspiring such a yearning • Staid (adj) • Marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint; sober or grave • Flippant (adj) • Lacking the proper seriousness or respect
Week 3 TONE Words • Candid (adj) • Marked by honest or sincere expression • Clinical (adj) • Analytical; coolly dispassionate • Histrionic (adj) • Deliberately affected; theatrical • Droll (adj) • Having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality