1. Poetic Devices: Diction
English 1
Mrs. Foster

2. Every Word Counts In 10 words or less, describe:
The most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen
The ugliest thing you’ve ever seen

3. Diction A writer’s choice of words Helps create a writer’s style
Like imagery, can emphasize certain aspects of what’s being described.

4. Denotation v. Connotation
Denotation: The literal meaning of a word (what you might find in the dictionary)
Connotation: All the associations and emotions that have come to be attached to a word

5. Denotation v. Connotation
The sun is bright

6. Denotation v. Connotation
The sun is brilliant

7. Denotation v. Connotation
The sun is harsh

8. Denotation v. Connotation
Activity: Come up with as many synonyms for the following word as possible. Divide into words with positive connotation and words with negative connotation
Laughed