what impression is the author leaving you with?. the atmosphere of a literary work intended to evoke...
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What impression is the author leaving you with?
The atmosphere of a literary work intended to evoke a certain emotion or feeling from the audience or reader.
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Sensory language
Action verbsVivid adjectives
Specific, concrete details
Figures of speechYou should be
writing this down!
Snowfall – Example 1Gentle, sparkling, and romantic
Snowfall – Example 2Blinding, whipping, and
suffocating
A wet, dull day greeted Mary as she stepped into the grey light. Men huddled by in drab rain coats or stood in dismal doorways waiting for a bus which never seemed to arrive.
The Mood is
B
Dreary / Depressing / Meloncholy
Andy Hunt lived next door. I loved the way his eyes crinkled up when he heard something funny. When Andy laughed, the whole world lit up, like the sun coming from behind a cloud. His black hair hung straight down, and he’d shake water out of it, like a wet dog, after we went swimming.
The Mood is
Happy / Nostalgic
The Mood is
…The itch Chain of heat and burn crawl
like hairy caterpillars. Don’t scratch Don’t scratch or you’ll have scars for the rest of your life.
Annoying / Angry
Like much of my life until that sixteenth year, it was a sunny day. A Sunday afternoon, I was in Carol Echert’s house on Pine Street. We were in the sun-filled living room. Carol was telling me about her new boyfriend, and I, as always, was the good listener.
The doorbell rang. It was my younger brother, Bill, panting. “Lucky was hit by a car!” Lucky was our dog.
The mood goes from what to what?
Relaxed then Panicked
I am outside in the yard. There is the smell – sour, vaguely rotten. And then the sound. It is high-pitched, but that is not the problem. The radio makes high-pitch sounds, too, and so does my mother when she sings to me. The problem is the loudness, a force as feelable as a blizzard. Every morsel of me shrivels and shakes. And even so, maybe I could stand it if only it would stop.
The dominant impression is
Nervous / Uncomfortable
Notice the figurative language
here!The simile is even
unpleasant!
Imagine you were describing a loud and busy intersection. Underline the words that would create the mood.
C
smooth bristled smoke
tremble
warm bark boos
blare
bus chatting clink clunk
crack whisper faint
gush
howl humming strummedwild
sparkle moonlit sluggish
screech
bubbly slammed breezy
twisted
If I wanted to describe my hand as unattractive, which details should I include?
D
_____ Pieces of skin stick out like needles on a cactus.
_____ Below my pinkie and index finger, the lines sag from extra skin, wrinkles that will become more pronounced with age.
_____ Lines form patterns which remind me of a mosaic piece. Like pieces of glass and tile, the shapes decorate the fingers’ bases.
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_____ A short way below my ring finger’s nail sits a callous, developed from years of holding my pencil incorrectly.
_____ In kindergarten I traced my hand to create a turkey, a Thanksgiving decoration my mother hung on her refrigerator.
_____ On my index finger, the dried skin looks like a barnacle, riding the side of my hand as it trudges through its many jobs.
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The following paragraph is trying to create the impression that…
My dog Drake and I enjoy our walks.
Cross off two sentences that should not be included.
E
My favorite walks with Drake are in the fall, when the
cool weather has chased away mosquitoes, when the
see grass rustles, and the Long Island Sound sparkles in
ripples. Exploring the nature preserve by our house, I
study the vines climbing tree trunks; Drake sniffs the
animal tracks on the ground. Often I’m too busy looking
at the sun’s touch on the water to notice that Drake’s
on the trail of a rabbit or squirrel. Close to his prey, he
squawks so loudly I am frightened. By the shore I sit
and watch the seagulls ride the waves. Drake skips
from rock to rock, searching for chicken pieces left by
crabbers. When we finally must leave, Drake finds a
stick to carry home, our souvenir from the trip. The
stick’s branches look like oversized whiskers growing
from his snout.
Sensory language
Action verbsVivid adjectives
Specific, concrete details
Figures of speech
Independently complete the remainder of the packet.
Read the excerpts and answer the questions that follow each reading.
F