RL6.4: Craft & Structure/Word Choice(Meaning)

SYMBOLISM: RL6.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone (attitude of a writer/narrator/speaker toward a subject or an audience--advanced descriptions=nostalgic, candid, cynical detached, informal, candid, fanciful, forthright, intimate, lyrical, melancholy, objective, pignant, sanctimonious, satiric, sinister, speculative, tense, trite, whimsical)

http://www.mshogue.com/AP/tone.htm - words that express tone

Another list http://portal.rockdale.k12.ga.us/schools/mms/class/csnell/Documents/Strategies/Strategy%2010/Student%20Handout%2010.9.pdf

From <http://literarydevices.net/tone/>

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The Author creates images (pictures seen in your mind) through his/her use of words:

What images do you see in Sound of Summer Running?

What figurative language is found in Sound of Summer Running?

What images are created through figurative language? : (through figurative language)

Sound of Summer running

What Symbols are found in Sound of Summer Running

What is the central symbol--the most prominent symbol?

Describe it:

What are the symbols used for? /what do the symbols represent?

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The Author creates images (pictures seen in your mind) through his/her use of words:

What images do you see in Eleven?

What figurative language is found in Eleven?

What images are created through figurative language? : (through figurative language)

Eleven

Author's Craft

What Symbols are found in Eleven

What is the central symbol--the most prominent symbol?

Describe it:

What are the symbols used for? /what do the symbols represent?

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TWO CENTRAL SYMBOLS: