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Monday, March 18
Journal
Answer this synesthetic question:
What does the feel of sunshine taste like?
Write 3 of your own synesthetic questions.
TONE
• Tone: the attitude or feeling of a writer to the
subject of the poem
• Word choice tells us if the tone is POSITIVE or
NEGATIVE
• The tone may also be: bitter, serious,
humorous, suspicious, etc.
“I would never wear that” <-What is the tone?
TONE=HOW THE WRITER FEELS
MOOD
• Mood: feeling that the reader gets from the
poem
• The emotions that you get from reading the
poem tell you the MOOD
• The mood may be happy, sad, depressed,
hopeful, skeptical, etc.
• MOOD=HOW THE READER FEELS FROM
READING THE POEM
THEME
• Theme: Main idea that the writer is trying to
communicate to the reader
• You must look at tone and mood to determine
the THEME
DICTION
• Diction: Word choice
• Does the writer choose
vocabulary that is simple, fancy,
informal, descriptive…?
IRONY
• Implied meaning if different from
the literal meaning
• “difference between the actual
result of something and the
normal or expected result”
*Different than dramatic irony (when the audience
knows more than characters )
IMAGERY
• Use of vivid and descriptive
language that helps the reader
create a picture (or image) in his
or her head
IMAGERY
Example: William Wordsworth “Daffodils”
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the
breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way
CONSONANCE
• Repetition of consonant sounds
in a row (same as alliteration!)
Pretty prancing pony
• (Assonance is for the repetition
of vowel sounds)
DIALECT
• A use of language distinct (unique)
to a region or social class
South: "Y'all”
North: "You guys”
South: "Fixin' to”
North: "About to”
South: "Howdy”
North: "Hello"
Black Out Poetry
(Found Poetry)