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Style, Tone, & Irony

Style, Tone, & Irony. In this presentation you will find quick yet thorough explanations of the subject matter for this lesson. Table of Contents.

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Style, Tone, & Irony

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  1. Style, Tone, & Irony In this presentation you will find quick yet thorough explanations of the subject matter for this lesson.

  2. Table of Contents Click any of the links below to jump to that section. There is also a link in the bottom right hand corner of every page that will take you back to this slide. Style Tone Irony Test your knowledge

  3. STYLE

  4. WHAT IS STYLE? Style in a short story can be in the form of: Adjectives Commas Repetition of words Active words (preferable) Passive words

  5. “THAT” IS SO NOT IN STYLE! The word “that” should usually be left out of writing, just like it is left out of speech. For example we would say “She knew she could do it” rather than “She knew that she could do it”

  6. WHY IS STYLE IMPORTANT? Style sets the mood for the story. It leads readers into how to read the story, enabling them to connect.

  7. HOW TO RECOGNIZE STYLE LOOK FOR: Use of diction (word choice) Syntax (order of words in a sentence)

  8. “Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.”-Robert Frost

  9. TONE

  10. WHAT IS TONE? A writer’s use of language reveals his or her tone or attitude toward the subject.

  11. TONE IS NOT MOOD • For example, the tone of a story could be joyful, therefore the mood might be joyous, but not the other way around. MOOD TONE

  12. CAN YOU RECOGNIZE TONE? • Watch the youtube video linked below and then choose 3 words that describe the tone. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuWf9fP-A-U

  13. HOW ABOUT THIS VERSION? • Now watch this youtube video with all of the same images, just new music and edited differently. Do you think the tone has changed? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic

  14. IRONY Click the picture above to watch Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic” music video.

  15. WHAT IS IRONY? Irony is a contrast or discrepancy between one thing and another

  16. TYPES OF IRONY Verbal Irony Situational Irony Dramatic Irony Ironic Irony

  17. MEMORABLE IRONIC MOMENTS Romeo & Juliet = Dramatic Irony • We (the audience) know that Juliet has only taken a sleeping potion, but all of the characters think she is dead, essentially resulting in her lover Romeo’s suicide.

  18. MEMORABLE MOMENTS CONT. All 3 shots Hinckley fired in an attempt to kill Ronald Regan missed the President. A bullet that ricocheted off of the President’s bulletproof limousine hit Regan in the chest. Irony = the vehicle made to protect the President incidentally killed him. John Hinckley = Situational Irony

  19. WHY IS IRONY IMPORTANT? Writers can develop a deeper meaning in a text It can be an effective way of engaging and involving a reader in a text

  20. INCREASE YOUR KNOWLEDGE Click here for a checklist you can use to analyze an authors style Click here to access a tone and mood worksheet Click here to access a list of different tone and mood words Click here for the “Identifying Irony” worksheet

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