Agenda IR Voice Lesson: Connotation vs. Denotation / Diction Work on annotation paragraph for “Going Home” “Two Ways to Belong in America” Read “Two Ways to Belong in America” (terms: expatriate, assimilation) TV clips from One Day at a Time & Fresh O the Boat)

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Voice Lesson: Diction/Denotation/Connotation

Diction… Diction refers to the author’s choice of words. Words are the basic tools of the writer. Just as the painter uses color and light or a musician uses sounds and rhythms, a writer uses words. In order to write well, you have to find the PERFECT word.

Forbidden Words good nice pretty beautiful fine bad thing really very terrible wonderful a lot

Consider the following groups of words: How are these words different? Home, House, Residence, Dwelling Vagrants, people with no address, homeless Denotation: These words all mean a place in which someone lives. Connotation: Home: cozy, loving, comfortable, security, images or feelings of people you associate with it It could also opposite --depending upon a person’s experiences. (Traditionally, the connotation is “cozy, loving,” etc., and a reader should be aware of this and other connotations in a reading passage.) House: the actual building or structure Residence: Cold, no feeling Dwelling: primitive or basic (picture a cave, etc.) Vagrants: nuisance People with no address: official, neutral, businesslike Homeless: object of pity/charity, not as negative as vagrant

Looking Deeper into Words Words do not just have meaning; they have Denotation and Connotation Denotation is the LITERAL meaning Connotation is the FEELING of the word

Diction in Action… Read and Think: Write About It: What picture do you get in your mind when you read the second sentence? How would the meaning of the sentence change if we changed some of the words? For example: Kate could see her searching through the cabin, emptying drawers, and taking things off of the shelves of cabinets. A redheaded woman was there with Trout. Kate could see her rummaging through the cabin, dumping drawers, and knocking things from the shelves of cabinets. -- Louis Sachar, Holes

Article #2 – practice annotation w/partner

Two Ways to Belong in America Cultural Assimilation: process by which a person's or group's culture come to resemble those of another group. Read and discuss “Two Ways to Belong in America” Modern Examples of Cultural Assimilation Clip #1 Clip #2 Cultural assimilation: process by which a person's or group's culture come to resemble those of another group.