Transcript Diction, imagery and mood

9/15/2015
DO NOW STEP 1
Please have ready:
 Notebooks
 Something to write
with
Await further
instruction
DO NOW STEP 2
 As you watch, write a
response to the
following questions in
your notebooks:
 How did you feel
watching this trailer?
 What effects (dialogue,
music, visuals, etc.)
helped create that
feeling for you?
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← Gravity
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com/watch?v=YOUBsl
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AGENDA AND OBJECTIVE
Agenda
Objective
 Do Now
 Share Out
 Notes
 Word choice and mood
in songs
 Exit
 Students will analyze
how author's word
choice (diction)
contributes to the mood
of the piece.
DICTION, IMAGERY AND
MOOD
DICTION
Diction refers to the words chosen by the author
for the text.
For example:
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who
are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of
everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or
say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like
fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like
spiders across the stars.” – Jack Kerouac,
On the Road
Why choose words like “mad” and “burn”?
CONNOTATION VS. DENOTATION
 Connotation – the idea or feeling the word invokes in you.
 Couch – sleep, comfort, naptime, TV, football, dinner, etc.
 Denotation – the actual definition of the word; it’s literal
meaning.
 Couch – a long piece of upholstered furniture for people to sit on.
IMAGERY
Diction (word choice) is directly related to
IMAGERY.
IMAGERY is an author's use of descriptive
language that appeals to human senses to
deepen the reader's understanding of the work.
Powerful forms of imagery engage all of the
senses.
 Sight
 Smell
Taste
Sound
Touch
FOR EXAMPLE…
burn, burn, burn
(touch, smell, sight)
like fabulous yellow
roman candles
exploding (sound,
sight, smell)
like spiders across
the stars (sight,
touch)
MOOD
Authors use diction and
imagery together to
create a MOOD of the
piece.
The mood evokes
certain feelings in
readers.
 How do you feel when you
read the piece?
 How did the author’s words
get you there?
TYPES OF MOODS
DIFFERENT MOODS YOU FEEL WHEN YOU READ
Satisfied
Positive Moods Sentimental
Surprised
Amused
Sympathetic
Calm
Touched
Content
Vivacious
Dreamy
Warm
Ecstatic
Welcoming
Excited
Exhilarated
Hopeful
Loving
Mellow
Optimistic
Passionate
Rejuvenated
Relaxed
Negative Moods Irate
A ggravated
Annoyed
Anxious
Brooding
Cold
Confused
Cranky
Cynical
Depressed
Disappointed
Drear y
Enraged
Exhausted
Foreboding
Gloomy
Hopeless
Indif ferent
Jealous
Lonely
Morose
Ner vous
Numb
Over whelmed
Pensive
Pessimistic
Scared
Serious
Sick
Stressed
Suspenseful
Tense
Terrifying
Violent
Worried
DICTION, IMAGERY AND
MOOD IN SONGS
“AMERICAN OXYGEN” BY RIHANNA
First, we’re going to listen to the song, but I’m
not going to show the words. As I listen, I’m
going to try to pick out the words and phrases
Rihanna says that stick out to me that can help
me describe the mood of the song.
I will also listen for the music notes, the beat (if
any), the sound, etc.
I will write my answers on the board as the song
plays. Your job is to sit and watch.
YOU PICK!
 Someone pick an APPROPRIATE song
 I’m going to listen to the song, but I’m not
going to look at the words. As I listen, I’m
going to try to pick out the words and phrases
the artist says that stick out to me that can
help me describe the mood of the song and
write those answers in the four boxes on the
board.
I will also listen for the music notes, the beat (if
any), the sound, etc.
“SONG”
Words I hear repeated
Imagery
Word with connotations
Music
YOUR TURN!
EXIT TICKET
Read the short lines
on the exit slip and
answer accordingly.
REVIEW…
Diction
author word choice
Imagery
author’s use of words to create vivid and
descriptive images that appeal to the reader’s
senses
Mood
how the reader feels and reacts to the word
choice and imagery created by the author