Happy Thrilling Tuesday Bellwork Using your notes complete

Happy Thrilling Tuesday! • Bellwork: Using your notes, complete the figurative language sheet that we began working on yesterday for “O Captain, My Captain. ”

WORD CHOICE “O’Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman

Learning Targets • RI 8. 4 I can analyze how the authors word RI. 8. 5 choice develop tone and meaning of the SL. 8. 1 text. • SL 8. 1 I can engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions in partners/groups.

In this lesson you will learn how to analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone by focusing on a description.

Vocabulary Connotation- refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Examples: childish, childlike – implies immature youthful – infers lively and energetic

CHARGE • Words can have positive (+) • or • negative (-) Connotation. may have positive

Word Choice • Authors’ word choices help create the meaning and tone that they want. That’s pretty good, I didn’t even try. I meant to do that! It says exactly what I want it to.

Word Choice The blue balloon floated upwards. Adjective: a word that describes a noun Adjective: blue Verb: the action word in a sentence Action Verb: floated

Word Choice • Charge – The negative or positive connation that words have. • Example: Argue and Negotiate - Argue + Negotiate

When we want to analyze the impact word choices have on meaning and tone, we can follow these three steps. 1. Underline the adjectives and action verbs 2. Infer the charge of these words 3. Ask, “What do these words reveal about the text? ”

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