*Read the directions – What is it that you are going to have to DO? FIGURING OUT YOUR FIRST BIG ASSESSMENT With your group, “unpack” the embedded assessment on the provided handout. *Read the directions – What is it that you are going to have to DO? *Read the rubric at your table – What will you need to do/include to do a good job?
Imagery, Diction, and mood Creating an effect for the audience
Create this chart in your Reader/writer notebook:
IMAGERY Vivid description Uses five senses - details of touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound
DICTION Specific word choice DENOTATION – the word’s actual definition CONNOTATION – the feeling the word has (can be positive, negative, or neutral) NUANCE – the subtle difference in word meaning Example: happy and overjoyed
MOOD The FEELING the READER gets from a certain passage or piece.
Mary Poppins #1
Mary Poppins #2
How do authors create a mood? IMAGERY + DICTION + DETAILS + OVERALL MESSAGE = MOOD
Applying it to literature Go back and look at the poem “Ithaka”. Analyze the poem (break it down into parts) to determine the mood IMAGERY + DICTION + DETAILS + OVERALL MESSAGE Why/how are those words making the reader feel something? Why/how are images/descriptions words making the reader feel something? Why/how are those details making the reader feel something? Why/how does the overall message/theme make the reader feel something?