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Mastering Writer's Style Through Diction and Tone

Explore the essence of style in writing through diction and tone. Learn how word choice influences meaning with examples of denotation and connotation. Practice analyzing tone in texts and develop sentence variety for engaging writing. Enhance your skills and master the art of conveying your unique style as a writer.

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Mastering Writer's Style Through Diction and Tone

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  1. Style

  2. What is Style? Style is like the way you walk, the way you talk, or the way you dress yourself. As a writer develops, so does their style. The sound of the language, the tone, and word choice all help convey a writer’s style.

  3. Diction (Word Choice) • Denotation is the dictionary definition of the word. It is an objective, neutral meaning. example: House • Connotation is a subjective definition of the word. It has feelings, emotions and judgments attached example: Home

  4. Let’s Play! Turn to page 58 in your reader and practice expanding your diction with positive and negative connotation. Neutral PositiveNegative Thin Big Smell Old Toilet Died

  5. Tone

  6. Practice Compare the 2 articles on pages 61 and 62 of your Reader Determine Tone for each. Give details from the text that led you to those conclusions.

  7. More Practice Each group will receive one tone on an index card. Write 4-5 sentences about a topic using your tone. Don’t tell us the tone, but only use language to convey your tone and the class will try to guess your tone. Topic: SPRING

  8. Sentence Variety Your tone can be too monotonous if you have the same sentence length and type. Try to vary your sentences for musical interest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiCFdWeQfA

  9. PRACTICE Use your tone 4-5 sentences and add variety. Add 1. One short sentence, 2. One long sentence 3. One medium sentence 4. One question 5. One command

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