1. How do the characters within the piece of art feel?
List at least three details that draw you to that conclusion.
What is the purpose of this piece of artwork? In other words, what does the audience learn or gain from this piece of artwork?
Please write down your responses in your writing journal.
“The Kiss” by Munch

2. Tone
“The tone of a literary work is the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or idea. Tone can portray a variety of emotions ranging from solemn, grave, and critical to witty, wry and humorous. Tone helps the reader ascertain the writer’s feelings towards a particular topic and this in turn influences the reader’s understanding of the story” ( devices.com/content/tone)
You can identify the tone through the specific details found within the text including:
Connotation and denotation of specific words
Figurative language
Syntax

3. Connotation and Denotation
associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word. The connotative meanings of a word exist together with the denotative meanings. The connotations for the word snake could include evil or danger.
Denotation:
literal meaning of a word, the "dictionary definition."¨ For example, if you look up the word snake in a dictionary, you will discover that one of its denotative meanings is "any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions."