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Interacting in Meaningful Ways: differentiate Tone
Learning Targets
• Apply understanding of tone to comprehending and writing texts.
• Analyze and explain in conversation and writing how tone produces effects on the poem. • Evaluate and explain in conversation and writing how effectively the author creates tone. • Express and justify opinions in conversation and writing by providing text evidence.
Tone
A writer’s tone is the attitude the writer expresses in a poem or other literary work. The writer’s tone is determined by the words the writer chooses, called diction. Writers choose words that express the right tone because of their connotation, or feelings associated with the word. Notice the different connotations for the words hot and ask in the box below.
ACTIVITY 3.5
Language Resources: connotation
neutral connotation
negative connotation
heated, warm
blazing, scorching
request, inquire
challenge, nag, demand
Denotation
(a word’s definition)
Positive connotation
hot
high in temperature
tropical, summery
ask
to put a question to or make a request
appeal, plea
Skim through “O Captain! My Captain!” and look for words that describe how the speaker feels about the captain. Then find words the speaker uses to describe the festivities on land. Decide whether the words and phrases are positive or negative and enter them into the correct box. Then describe how the narrator feels and choose a word that summarizes the tone.
The subject of the poem:
Positive tone words and phrases
negative tone words and phrases
How the narrator feels about the subject
Words that summarize the tone
the captain
stanza 1 stanza 2 stanza 3
calls him “my” captain
cold and dead bleeding drops
festivities on land
stanza 1 stanza 2 stanza 3
bells I hear
Unit 1 • The Challenge of Heroism • Part 3: “O Captain! My Captain!” 35
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