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Tone and Diction

Tone and Diction. By: Elisabet Tepoz And Kevin Bakos. Tone. Tone is the emotion or attitude that the writer or speaker is trying to convey to his or her readers/listeners. Tone is identified by looking at word choice and sentence structure.

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Tone and Diction

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  1. Tone and Diction By: Elisabet Tepoz And Kevin Bakos

  2. Tone • Tone is the emotion or attitude that the writer or speaker is trying to convey to his or her readers/listeners. • Tone is identified by looking at word choice and sentence structure. • Every piece of literature ever written has a tone. Just look for it!

  3. ………… Excerpt from "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost "I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence:/Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,/I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference." The “sigh” in the first line indicates a remorseful attitude to taking the “road less traveled.”

  4. Diction • Diction- the exact words, and the settings in which those words are used. • Diction can be classified on four levels: • Formal- serious communication • Informal- relaxed but still polite • Colloquial- everyday usage • Slang- impolite or newly coined words

  5. Tips for Correct Diction • Don’t choose words based only on their impressiveness or length. • Always choose a word based on its appropriateness to the situation. • The audience and the purpose for the word should be your deciding factors.

  6. Denotation • A denotation represents the more literal meaning for a word.

  7. Connotation A connotation suggests more emotional meaning. Connotation is found in poetry and can also play in setting the tone of the writer or speaker.

  8. Diction For example: “Home” • Using the word “home” denotes a place where one lives. While it connotes and • Using the word “home” connotes a cozy, warm, familiar dwelling.

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