1. USING DIDLS TO FIND TONE

2. TONE
The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character.

3. TONE
Tone is conveyed through the writer’s choice of words and details.

4. TONE
Tones can be
*ironic
*tender
*angry
*brave, etc…

5. TONE VS MOOD Tone is the writer’s attitude.
Mood is how you the reader feel when reading a piece of literature.

6. DIDLS
DIDLS is an acronym to help you remember those elements of tone that you should consider when evaluating prose or poetry.  

7. DIDLS
Diction, images, details, language, and sentence structure all help to create the author’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject and audience (tone).

8. DIDLS DIDLS stands for Diction Images Details Language
Sentence Structure

9. DICTION
Diction is the connotation of words. (word choice)

10. CONNOTATION
Connotation is all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.

11. CONNOTATION
EX: An expensive restaurant might advertise its delicious “cuisine” rather than its delicious “cooking.”
How does the connotation of the words differ?

12. IMAGES
Imagery is vivid language that appeals to understanding through the use of the senses

13. IMAGES
Sight
Sound
Smell
Touch
Taste

14. DETAILS
Details can be facts that are included or omitted

15. LANGUAGE
the overall use of language, such as formal, clinical, jargon

16. SENTENCE STRUCTURE How structure affects the reader’s attitude
Are the sentences
Simple sentences
Compound sentences
Complex sentences
Compound-complex sentences