Honors Day 18: Things Fall Apart

1. Honors Day 18: Things Fall Apart • FYI: 2nd hour peer editing will be done on Turn It In next Friday • Quickwrite • Predict the outcome of Part 3. • Other historical examples • DIDLS • Tone words • Character chart • Homework: Read chapters 21-25

2. Quickwrite • At the beginning of the novel, we are told that Okonkwo’s “fame rested on solid personal achievements,” yet by the end of Part one, he was banished from the community. What do you see as Okonkwo’s strengths and weaknesses (think in terms of comparison and contrasts—are any of his weaknesses related to his strengths, or vice versa?), and how do you explain his change of fortune and how he has dealt with that change?

3. Tone is the writer's/speaker's attitude toward the subject and the audience. To correctly interpret tone, a student must come to an understanding and appreciation of diction (word choice), details, imagery, and language. Using DIDLS gives students a pneumonic device with which to interpret tone more effectively. TONE AND DIDLS

4. DIDLSing for tone D- DICTION The connotation of the word choice I- IMAGERY Vivid appeals to understanding through the senses D- DETAILS Facts that are included or omitted L- LANGUAGE The overall use of language, such as formal, clinical, jargon, etc. S- SENTENCE STRUCTURE How structure affects the reader's attitude • To misinterpret tone is to misinterpret meaning.

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