1. Pronunciation 2
Tone & Diction

2. Diction refers to the writer’s choice of words.
Tone is the attitude or feeling that the writer’s words express.
Always use an adjective when describing diction and tone.
_________ diction contributes to the tone.

3. Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans.
What are the specific words that create the feeling of the sentence? What words did the writer use to create the feeling of the sentence?
What kind of words are the highlighted ones?

4. Bouncing into the room,
she lit up the vicinity
with a joyous glow on her face
as she told about her fiancé
and their wedding plans.
_______ diction contributes to the _____ tone.
Cheerful diction contributes to the joyful tone.

5. She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket
and shaking convulsively,
as she feverishly searched the room
for the unknown dangers that awaited her.
____________ diction contributes to the ________ tone.
Frightening diction contributes to the alarming tone

6. Drawing the attention of his classmates ,
As well as his teacher, the student dared to experiment
With his professor’s intelligence by interrogating
Him about the Bible.
___________ diction contributes to _______ tone.
Challenging diction --- confrontational tone

7. Gently smiling , her mother tenderly tucked
the cover’s up around the child’s neck and carefully,
quietly, left the room, making sure to leave a
comforting ray of light shinning through the opened
door should the child awake
__________ diction contributes to the ________ tone.
Loving diction serene tone

8. The laughing wind skipped through the village
teasing the trees until they danced with
anger and cajoling the grass into fighting itself
blade slapping blade as the silly dog with golfball
eyes and flopping, tongue bounded across the lawn
___________ diction contributes to _________ tone
Humorous diction ----happy go lucky tone