Pronunciation 2 Tone & Diction

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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

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