Definition: The attitude of a writer toward a
literary works subject and its audience as revealed by choice of words and
details.
Example: “Afoot and light hearted I take to the open road, healthy,
free, and the world before me.” Walt Whitman, Song of the open road.
Example: "The course of true love never did run smooth." - A
Midsummer Night's Dream
*We will read together as a class,
Buttons by Brock Cole, and you will give two examples of tone and narration
from the story. Explain what it means or what they are trying to explain. *
Example 2: “She was young and rabbit and still
picker her nose when she thought no one was looking.” Button by Brock Cole
NARRATION:
Definition: a message that tells the particulars
of an act or occurrence or course of events.
Example: Looking back
on a childhood filled with events and memories, I find it rather difficult to
pick on that leaves me with the fabled “warm and fuzzy feelings.” As the
daughter of an Air Force Major, I had the pleasure of traveling across America
in many moving trips. I have visited the monstrous trees of the Sequoia
National Forest, stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon and have jumped on the
beds at Caesar’s Palace in Lake Tahoe. However, I have discovered that when
reflecting on my childhood, it is not the trips that come to mind, instead
there are details from everyday doings; a deck of cards, a silver bank or an
ice cream flavor." “Playground Memory.”
*Examples of narration from Button by
Brock Cole*
Example 1: “Once there as an old man who once
ate so much his britches burst and his buttons popped one, two, three into the
fire. Wife! Wife! He cried. We are undone! My britches have burst and my
buttons are burnt, every one!”
Example 2: "After putting her husband to bed, the wife
enlists the aid of her three daughters in replacing their father's buttons. The
eldest promises to find a rich man who will give her buttons in exchange for
her hand in marriage. The second daughter decides to join the army for the sake
of the buttons on a soldier's uniform. And the youngest is going to run through
the meadows with her apron held out before her, hoping to catch a few buttons
falling from the sky.”
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