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Element of style
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zane
beckham
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9th grade
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Element of style
TONE
tone sets the relationship between the reader and t the writer
it expresses attitude
identifying and analyszing tone requires carful reading
familiarity and thought pave the way to understanding
tone is the writers attitude to his subject or audience
tone is the hallmark of the writers personality
DICTON
"words are a writers basic tools
"refers to the author's choice of words"
diction shapes the readers perceptions
diction depends on topic
the door does not shut it thuds that is a example of diction
to understand voice students must both here and feel there affects
to convince , entertain, amuse, imform, or plead-partly determines diction
diction can make the writing more fresh
SYNTAX
it encompasses word order, sentence length, sentence focus, and punctuation
how writers control and manipulate sentences
it shifts the readers attention
syntactic tention is the withholding of syntactic closure
refers to the way words are arranged within sentences
students learn to analyze punctuation through careful reading and practice
This kind of repitition valances parallel ideas and gives them equal weight
writers can also repeat perallel grammarical forms
DETAIL
detail makes an abstraction concrete
detail encourages readers to participate in the text
it includes facts, observations, and incidents
good writers choose detail with care
choose detail that does not confuse the writer
the lack of detail can make the reader feel less for the character
good detail can make the readers act with conviction
the more specific detail the more the reader can focus on the text
IMAGERY
imagery in itself is not figurative
is the verbal representation of sensory experience.
imagery depends on diction and detail
in writing you can have all five senses involved
imagery can invoke voice
imagery can have a symbolic meaning
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