1. Imagery, Diction, and mood
Creating an effect for the audience

2. Create this chart in your Reader/writer notebook:

3. IMAGERY Vivid description
Uses five senses - details of touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound

4. DICTION Specific word choice DENOTATION – the word’s actual definition
CONNOTATION – the feeling the word has (can be positive, negative, or neutral)
NUANCE – the subtle difference in word meaning
Example: happy and overjoyed

5. MOOD
The FEELING the READER gets from a certain passage or piece.

6. Mary Poppins #1

8. Mary Poppins #2

10. How do authors use imagery and diction to create a mood?

11. Applying it to literature
You are going to read a poem entitled “Ithaka”.
Pay close attention to the images and words the author uses to convey his idea.