language, syntax diction, details, imagery, figurative
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❧The Big 5
Diction, Details, Imagery, Figurative Language, Syntax
❧❧ A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words.
❧ Denotation: the literal definition of a word; many words have more than one denotative meaning.
❧ He is a HARD teacher.
❧ Connotation: the emotions and associations created by a word.
❧ Positive, Negative, and Neutral connotations.
❧ Practice
Diction
❧❧ The who, what, when, where, why of a story, and
how they contribute to tone and construction of meaning.
Read the excerpt in your packet.
❧ When you read this, how are you supposed to feel? (mood)
❧ What are some details that contribute to the mood?
Details
❧❧ Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses:
❧ Touch
❧ Smell
❧ Hearing
❧ Seeing
❧ Tasting
❧ Apply each sense to the 5 examples.
Imagery
❧❧ Explores interesting similarities between one thing
and another.❧ Metaphor- direct comparison between 2 unlike
things.
❧ Simile- direct comparison between 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”.
❧ Personification- giving human qualities to nonhuman things
❧ Match each term to the examples.
Figurative Language
❧❧ The way an author arranges words and groups of
words to form sentences.❧ Example: “Yes, I can help you.” vs. “Help you I can,
yes” (Yoda)
❧ Rewrite the sentence provided as many times as you can with varying structures.
Syntax
❧❧ First person- From the POV of the narrator only
❧ Uses pronouns I, Me, Us, We…
❧ Third Person Omniscient- tells the story as though the author knew everything about the actions, thoughts, and feelings of all characters. ❧ Uses pronouns Them, They, He, She…
❧ Third Person Limited- tells the story as though he or she can only perceive the thoughts and feelings of one of the characters. ❧ Uses pronouns Them, They, He, She…
Point of View
❧❧ Tone: The author’s attitude toward a subject.
❧ Pessimistic, optimistic, bitter, humorous, joyful…
❧ Mood: the feeling created in a reader by a literary work or passage.❧ Often suggested through details.
Tone vs. Mood
❧❧ The message or underlying meaning of a literary
work.
❧ The author thinks/feels that ___________________...
Theme
Subject / Topic
❧❧ Create the following
chart on the back of your “Yesenia” article.
❧ In your groups, identify examples of the Big 5 throughout this piece.
“Yesenia” Article