ENGLISH FIRST QUARTER NOTES

Tone, Mood, Author’s Purpose & Techniques, Author’s Technique

Literary Devices & Reflexive/Intensive Pronouns
Tone
- is the author’s attitude about their topic,
characters, or audience.
- you see tone developed through the author’s
choice of words.
- also, you can see sometimes through the author’s
bias/opinion on the topic.
Example: amused, angry, cheerful, horror, clear,
formal, gloomy, informal, ironic,
light and more.
Mood
- is a technique in which an individual author uses
in his writing. It varies from author to author and
depends on one’s syntax, word choice, and tone.
It is achieved through word choice (diction),
sentence construction and word order (syntax),
and by what the viewpoint character focuses on.
Figure of Speech
- is a rhetorical device that achieves a special
effect by using words in a distinctive way.

- is the feeling the reader gets from the text

- you see mood develop from the setting and the
atmosphere of the text/story.
Example: welcoming, tense, liberating, violent,
pessimistic, confining, haunting,
cold, lonely and many more.

Author’ s Purpose
- an author’s purpose may be to amuse,
persuade, and inform the reader
or to satirize a condition.
- an author’s purpose is reflected in the way he
writes about the topic for example, if his
purpose is to amuse, he will use jokes or
anecdotes in his writing.

Four General Purposes:

- to relate a story or to recount events, an
author uses narrative writing

(novels)
- to tell what something looks like, sounds like,
or feels like the author uses descriptive writing
- to convince a reader to believe an idea or to
take a course of action (must have a solid
argument), the author uses persuasive writing
(newspaper editorials, political speeches,
advertisements, passages about controversial
topics, opinion editorials, sermons)
- to inform or teach the reader, the author uses
expository writing (textbooks, newspapers,
journal articles, brochures, encyclopedias)
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Qualities of Classic Literature

-Expresses Artistic Quality
-Stands the Test of Time
-Has Universal Appeal
-Makes Connections
-Is Relevant to Multiple Generations

These qualities of classic literature make them

appropriate for study.

(The qualities of classic literature which are

generally common high standards for quality,
appeal, longevity, and influence.)
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In Conclusion
Understanding the various aspects of the different writing genres will help students to navigate
their way through writing that serves a broad range of purposes. It will also help students in their
own text compositions. Understanding the various underlying text structures will provide
students with an effective means of organizing their own work, helping to ensure their own
writing is fit for purpose. Exposing your students to as many different genres as possible, and
providing opportunities to explore how these text types operate, will go a long way to helping
them develop into adaptive and organized readers and writers in the future

THE BET
1. What types of conflict can be deduced from the story? Why?
A conflict that I could Identify is man vs society. The ideas and the mindset of people are distinct. It is complex
and diverse, which leads to misunderstandings and problems.
2. Were the conflicts resolved? How did the characters in the story express and resolve the conflicts they were
caught up with?
As time passes by, the problems were resolved because the characters realized their mistakes and how
unreasonable their actions were. It was actually a mix of internal and external problems. They were impulsive
and what they did was senseless. The lawyer learned that money, was after all, not that important, while the old
banker got messed up in life, and got off his prime.
In your opinion, can money buy happiness? Why or why not? What is the connection between happiness and
money?
If you really think of it, having money could let you dodge stress and financial problems. You will definitely have
access to everything that you want with great power and money, all of that except happiness. Happiness is free,
and could only be acquired if you let yourself have it. it is present in your family, friends, basically things that are
available. What is the point of having bundles of money, if genuine laughs won't breathe in your system? It could
only be given by priceless moments of you and your loved ones. No material thing could ever overpower this.
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Preparation: Consider your audience The logos approach to giving a persuasive

-Age
-Gender
-Cultural or religious backgrounds
-Shared concerns, attitudes, and problems
-Shared interests, beliefs and hopes
-Baseline attitude - are they hostile, neutral, or
open to change?
speech is when you appeal to the
audience’s logic - ie. your speech is
essentially more driven by facts and logic.
The benefit of this technique is that your
point of view becomes virtually
indisputable because you make the
audience feel that only your view is the
logical one.

There are three main approaches used to

persuade others: Ethos. Pathos, Logos
The ethos approach appeals to the audience’s
ethics and morals, such as what is the ‘right thing’
to do for humanity, saving the environment, etc.
Pathos persuasion is when you appeal to the
audience’s emotions, such as when you tell a
story that makes them the main character in a
difficult situation.
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