Diction and Tone
Tone Review Prezi: Please take NOTES
In the afternoon it started to snow again. They stood watching the pale gray flakes sift down out of the sullen murk. They trudged on. A frail slush forming over the dark surface of the road. The boy kept falling behind and he stopped and waited for him. Stay with me, he said.
1. IDENTIFY AND LIST the specific words that create the tone of the sentence?
2. EXPLAIN the connotations of the words you highlighted.
3. What tone do these words convey?
Choose your TONE from the TONE WORD LIST
4. SHOW ME WHAT YOU KNOW: Describe the connection between DICTION AND TONE? What is the importance of diction and tone?
1. Pale, Sullen, Trudged
ReplyDelete2. The connotations of the words that I chose is sad and gloomy.
3.The tone of this passage is dark and depressing and gives me sort of a sad feeling.
4. Diction is explaining what the word or passage means where as tone is setting the mood or how the scene is supposed to be seen as.
1) "They stood watching the pale gray flakes sift down out of the sullen murk." sullen,gray,murk
ReplyDelete2) dark, depressing, scary
3) The author is trying to convey the idea that it is very dark, scary, and miserable place to be
1. afternoon, snow, pale gray, sullen, trudged,
ReplyDelete2. tired, cold, sad, lazy, out of it
3 the tone is sort of out of energy and sad
4. the importance of diction and tone is to portray a sort of emotion to waht you are trying to get across.
1. Sift, sullen, trudged, frail, and dark create the tone of the paragraph.
ReplyDelete2. Sullen gives a very depressed feeling to it. Frail is something that is weak, and it makes it sound worse than if he used a simpler word. Dark can be simple. It's used to explain the road, but it also describes how this scene feels.
3. A good tone that this scene conveys is gloomy. It means that it's depressing and dark.
4. Diction and tone are both very different. Tone connects better with connotation, Tone is the mood that the words reflect, and diction is the word that is chosen. They are both important in order to get a good point across.
1) words that set the tone of the sentence are = a frail slush. dark surface. sullen murk, pale gray flakes
ReplyDelete2) the conotation is that it,s a vary bleake misrable expereance thay are truging throw this slop that is a sullen murk and the boy can keep up. it seams like an easy way to get lost in the greay land that is forming with out any point of refrence as the road the only thing thay have gideing them is consumed bye it
3)it,s a vary harsh and ruff tone thay are working to servive and could easyly get lost thay dont have any it,s a missrable inverment and no one would wont to be in it
4) diction makes it so that you have a onderstanding of what,s going on and the tone is set bye the conotation creating an attitude thow requres good diction becase if you have good diction it can set a vary misarble or rasing mood or attitude tords the inverment. it can make you feel like the person is happy with this or kind of grinding thare teeth as thay say it or if thay just dont care about it.
1. pale, gray, sullen murk, trudged, dark.
ReplyDelete2. the connotation of these words are dark and sad and depressing
3. Grimness
4. Diction and tone are very similar they both are kinda the literal meaning of the word and what it means
1. pale gray flakes, trudged on, a frail slush forming over the dark surface of the road
ReplyDelete2. pale gray flakes makes me feel as if it was a dreary day and very dull and depressing. trudged on is as if they had no where else to go except forward when they knew it was pointless. The last segment lets us know how the road conditions are and why the day was so sad and depressing.
3. the tone that rubs off on me is depressing
4. the connection between diction and tone is that in order to make your paragraphs mean something or feel a certain way is all by the words you choose in the sentence. without diction and tone I think most stories would be very boring and bland
1. pale, gray, sullen, trudged, frail, dark
ReplyDelete2. colorless, scary, troubling, weak, dark
3. desperate, distressed.
the diction is the definition of these words while the tone is the feelings that are connected to the words.
~Kevin
Frail,sullen,sift
ReplyDeleteFrail- old, run down
Sift- slow
The tones of the words are sad and lost
The connection between diction and tone is if you know what the word means then you know how the tone is set
1. Pale, sullen, frail, dark.
ReplyDelete2. Pale: faded,
Sullen: gloomy
Frail: old
Dark: creepy
3.The tone is that its late fall, or early winter, its really cold, creepy, and dark.
4. The connection between diction and tone is that if you know what the word is then you can figure out the town
1. Sullen, Frail, Trudged
ReplyDelete2. They are all depressing, dark-like words that make you feel nasty/icky
3. A more dark/depressing tone
4. Diction is used to set the Tone, Diction is the choice of words and phrases and those word choices bring out the Tone of this section of the book.
Kelsey
ReplyDelete1. Watching the pale gray flakes sift down out of the sullen murk . Trudged on , frail slush .
2. The connotations of these words I choose are feeling uncomfortable and cold .
3 . The tone the words convey are gloomy .
4. The connection between diction and tone are that the diction helps us to understand the tone of the paragraph . The word choice allows us to really understand and figure out the tone
1. sift, sullen, murk, frail, slush
ReplyDelete2. The words describe the environment in better detail
3. The tone those words convey is something unpleasant and dark
4. Tone is the words used to set the mood of a paragraph/story. Diction is how those words flow properly into another sentence.
1.) Some specific word that create the tone are: sullen, pale, frail, and trudge.
ReplyDelete2.) Sullen- adj. gloomy ; pale- adj, colorless or whitish ; frail- adj. having delicate health ; trudge- noun. tiring walk
3.) These words give me a lot of information that the tone McCarthy is using is showing a type of weakness coming from over-working and over-worrying, most stressful.
4.) A diction and tone is very similar because they both describe and tell the emotion that the author is giving. The importance of both diction and tone is that when you read a piece of literature to see how the reader feels.
1) Pale, sift, sullen, trudged, frail, dark.
ReplyDelete2) Pale: sick, dead, old, flushed. Sift: separate, sort, distinguish. Sullen: dark, gloomy, barren, upsetting, moping, alone. Trudged: moping, slow, exhausted. Frail: old, weak, delicate, tiny. Dark: gloomy, depressing, evil, grave.
3) These tones convey the word dreary.
4) The connections between tone and diction is that the author uses diction to convey his/her tone to the reader. The importance is that the diction helps the author to relate his/her tone to the reader, and that if the diction changes, the tone changes.
Delete1. pale, sullen, frail, trudged.
ReplyDelete2. Pale: weak, cod. Sullen: dark, scary, hopeless. Frail: weak, brittle. Trudged: slow, hard, tired.
3. slow, sad.
4. The dictions create the tone.
1) trudged- they walked slowly and it almost makes it seem like they are upset or mad. Also when they talk about the snow falling it makes me picture a dark cold night.
ReplyDelete2) trudged- sad, mad, worried, scared, determined.
3) Hopeless, doubtful, haunting, gloomy, desperate, fearful
4) diction is the choice and use of words. Tone is the feeling associated with the word. The importance of diction is to choose important detailed words when writing. Tones help you understand the situation and how the characters are feeling.
Murk- dark and scary, not at home
ReplyDeleteFrail- weak and tired, could break at any minute
Stay- boy is scared the man will leave
These words convey the tone is frantic.
Diction is the actual definition of a word and tone is the way a word sets up a sentence for the reader's perception.
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ReplyDelete1. pale, gray, sullen murk, trudged, dark.
ReplyDelete2. the connotation of these words are dark and sad and depressing
3. Grimness
4.the connection between Diction and tone they both are kinda the literal meaning of the word and what it means
1. Trudged - hard moving, exhaustion, struggle.
ReplyDeleteSullen - Sickly, alone, depressed.
Frail - fragile/breakable/delicate/weak
2. Trudged - Hard work, long lasting, agonizing.
Sullen - State of depression or sadness
Frail - Breaks easily
3. These words convey a very dark and gloomy day or time period. My tone is gloomy.
4. Diction is the definition of the word, and tone is the way a word fits in and basically makes a sentence.
the tone is sad and tired some of the words that show this to me are; pale gray flakes sift down, murk, trudged, frail, dark surface, the connotations of these words are sad when i read these words i picture them walking through deep slushy snow exhausted and ready to give out. these words tone i think is grave i picture them as sad and lonely only having each other. the connection between diction and tone is that diction is the meaning of the word and tone is the feeling of the word and they need these words together to connect so the reader has more feelings and emotion as they read the book
ReplyDeletechristopher kuszaj
Stephen James Rumble 9/22/14
ReplyDelete1.) List of tone words
Pale Gray
Sullen murk
Trudged
2.)Connotation Explanations’:
Pale: It is damp & dark. It is a desolate world
Sullen: They are tired of living as harsh as a life as they do now
Trudged: They have a hard time moving
3.) Tone Words
Pale: Gloomy
Sullen: Hopeless
Trudged: Harsh
4.) Description of Diction & Tone
Diction is related to the choice of words used to express an idea
Tone relies not on the choice of words, but how those words are expressed
1) Frail, trudged, murk.
ReplyDelete2) A connotation of frail would be tired. A connotation of trudged would be a hard time moving. A connotation of murk would be gloomy and unclear to see.
3) The tone would be gloomy
4) Diction is word choice and tone is what the author wants the reader to feel.
Denise Willett
Sullen ridged frail
ReplyDeleteGloomy exhaustion weak
The tone in this is cold and haunting or constricting
Diction is word choice and tone is attitude. They both are used to help convey emotions or how you should feel while reading.
1. pale gray flakes sift down , sullen murk, trudged on, frail slush
ReplyDelete2. The connotations of the words that I highlighted show the hardship that the man and boy are going through
3. The tone that I chose was gloomy, this tone conveys that this day was gloomy
4. The connection between diction and tone is that one sets up the other
Pale, grey, sullen, murk, dark.
ReplyDeleteThe connotation is foggy, eerie, and depressed.
The tone is gloomy.
One uses good diction to create their tone.
ReplyDeleteIn the afternoon it started to snow again. They stood watching the pale gray flakes sift down out of the sullen murk. They trudged on. A frail slush forming over the dark surface of the road. The boy kept falling behind and he stopped and waited for him. Stay with me, he said.
1. pale, trudged, and frail
2. depressed, weak, dark, tired
3. The tone is gloomy
4. Diction is the word you pick, but tone is the attitude conveyed by the author. They both help you understand what the author is trying to show you how they feel
1. Sullen, murk, trudged, and slush
ReplyDelete2.
Sullen - A connotation for sullen would be sadness
Murk - A connotation for murk would be sadness as well
Trudged - A connotation for trudged would be slowness
Frail - A connotation for frail would be weakness
3. These words would show a gloomy and grim tone
4. The connection is that tone helps you figure out diction. The importance of diction is that it helps you understand the setting of the story.
1.) Pale, Frail, sullen, trudged
ReplyDelete2.) The connotations of the words i chose mean that it is sad and dreadful.
3.) The tone from the words is that this is terrible and dreadful.
4.) The diction is the words that the author uses and the tone is the attitude of the words and they are used to show emotions and feelings.
1) Pale.trudged,sullen
ReplyDelete2) Connotations: The connotations of the words that I chose is depressing, miserable
3. The tone was gloomy, and how this day was gloomy and sad
4)The connection is that they both cause each other to create the other, they are reactions of each other
pale, sullen, frail
ReplyDeletegloomy, exausted, weak
Gloomy tone
Diction is what the word means and how you use. Tone is what you feel about the word and your attitude towards it. The connection between these two is that they both are used to change a sentences feeling and meaning and makes your idea of the sentence change if you switch them around the sentence.
1. pale, frail, gray
ReplyDelete2. pale/ frail- sickly ,weak
gray- dark, sad
3. It was hopeless and upsetting
4. The connection between diction and tone is you use words to create tone
1. sullen, pale, trudged, frail, gray, and pale
ReplyDelete2. The connotations I perceive from trudged, frail, and sullen is depression, and sadness.
3. The tones that are developed in this story is harsh, and distressing. Based on the text that displays the father and son as trudging, frail, pale, and gray.
4. The connection between tone and diction is that one uses diction to create tone. Basically you use words to make tone.
1. Trudged, frail, pale, dark
ReplyDelete2. The connotations are like tiring, slow
3. The tone is like desprate/ depressing
4. The words you use help create the tone in a passage
Words that create the tone for the passage are sullen, trudged, and frail. Sullen gives off the connotation of being gloomy.The tone of sullen conveys negative.
ReplyDeleteTrudged gives off the connotation of being tired and slow. The tone of Trudged is depressing and heavy.
Frail gives off the connotation of being weak and sickly. The tone of frail is hopeless.