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Imagery and Tone

Imagery and Tone. Imagery. An image is language that describes something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. The images in a literary work are referred to, when considered together, as the work’s imagery. Sight.

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Imagery and Tone

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  1. Imagery and Tone

  2. Imagery • An image is language that describes something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. • The images in a literary work are referred to, when considered together, as the work’s imagery.

  3. Sight • The sun’s beams shimmered and danced on the ocean’s gentle waves.

  4. Smell • The fragrant roses drifted through the room like elusive ghosts.

  5. Sound • Although they could not see outside the cabin, they could hear the eerie tapping, tapping, tapping, of his knife upon their door.

  6. Taste • The cheesecake’s exquisite flavor traveled from his tongue to his spine.

  7. Touch • The icy breeze gently brushed against the hair on her neck, and goose-bumps shortly followed.

  8. Tone • Tone is synonymous with attitude Questions you can ask when looking for tone in a piece: What is the author’s/speaker’s attitude (tone)? How does he or she feel about something? What is their overall opinion about the subject of a piece or the audience (reader)? What is the authors personality?

  9. How does the author create tone in a piece? • Diction The author creates tone by his or her selection of words. • Detail The author creates tone by his or her descriptions of words, phrases, concepts, and ideas. • Syntax The author creates tone by arranging words in a specific way. • Imagery The author creates tone by bringing the reader into the action of the piece through appealing to the 5 senses.

  10. How does the reader perceive tone? • By examination of • Diction • Detail • Imagery • Syntax • When you examine these elements you discover the author’s tone (attitude) towards you, the reader, and towards the subject of the piece.

  11. What is the purpose of tone? • It sets the relationship between reader and writer. • Creates growing emotion in the reader. • Connects the material to the reader. • Tone is the hallmark of the writer’s personality.

  12. Understanding Tone • Understanding tone is a prerequisite to understanding meaning. • It is key to understanding the author’s mood • It is key to making connections between the author’s thought and its expression.

  13. Identifying and Analyzing Tone • Requirements to identifying and analyzing tone: • Careful reading • Sensitivity to diction and syntax • Understanding of detail selection and imagery.

  14. In Summary…. TONE: EXPRESSION OF ATTITUDE. GIVES VOICE ITS DISTINCTIVE PERSONALITY.

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