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Writer's Effect

The document provides instructions for analyzing the effects of descriptive writing passages. It asks the reader to: 1) Observe an image and describe it in one sentence. 2) Read a description and identify the overall effect using one word or phrase, as well as words/phrases that add to the effect. 3) Select powerful expressions from a sample passage about a storm and identify which word makes one expression powerful. 4) Choose a sentence that best describes the overall effect of the storm passage. 5) Identify literary devices used in the storm passage. 6) Explain the literal meaning of powerful words in the passage. 7) Provide cue words like literal meaning,

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Writer's Effect

The document provides instructions for analyzing the effects of descriptive writing passages. It asks the reader to: 1) Observe an image and describe it in one sentence. 2) Read a description and identify the overall effect using one word or phrase, as well as words/phrases that add to the effect. 3) Select powerful expressions from a sample passage about a storm and identify which word makes one expression powerful. 4) Choose a sentence that best describes the overall effect of the storm passage. 5) Identify literary devices used in the storm passage. 6) Explain the literal meaning of powerful words in the passage. 7) Provide cue words like literal meaning,

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Writer’s

Effect
Recapitulation - Connotation
Observe the image below and write a sentence describing the image.
Read the below description of the image.
• Write a word or a phrase explaining the overall effect.
• Identify words/phrases that add to the overall effect.

Beyond the low wooden bridge, the old


canal sleeps, forgotten and motionless as
if trapped by the strange, haunting trees
that surround it.
Beyond the low wooden bridge, the old canal
sleeps, forgotten and motionless as if trapped
by the strange, haunting trees that surround it.
Cue Words

• Literal Meaning
• Implied Meaning
• Emotions (Mood)
• Association

It means that…
It implies / suggest that…
It evokes the feeling of… / It makes me feel… / It
adds to the atmosphere of…
It reminds me of … / I can imagine …
Read the description of the storm and
its effect.
No sooner were we inside than there was this
hammering on the roof, like machine gun fire. It
was rain. Then the wind rose, shrieking through
the trees.
The boat pitched at its mooring and I feared the
ropes would not hold. I made Bob go out and
check the knots.
Branches of trees on the opposite bank were bent
double, their leaves snatched from them and
tossed into the air as if by a manic juggler. The
canal was an angry agitation.
1. Select ‘Powerful expressions’ in the passage.
Which word makes the below expressions powerful
phrase?
Which of the powerful expressions is this –

1. The rain could be heard from inside the boat.

2. The wind was causing small waves on the surface of


the canal.

3. The leaves of the trees being blown off the branches


and were fluttering in the air.

4. The wind was making a high pitched noise.


4. Explaining the Overall effect of the paragraph.
Which of the following sentences best describes the
overall effect of the paragraph?

1. The overall effect is of a deadly storm personified by


taking everyone by surprise.

2. The overall effect is of the ferocious, noisy storm


personified as attacking the boat and trees.

3. The overall effect is that the writer doesn’t like the


weather.
Let’s see how many of these literary devices you know.
5. Identify the underlined literary
devices.
No sooner were we inside than there was this hammering
on the roof, like machine gun fire. It was rain. Then the
wind rose, shrieking through the trees.
The boat pitched at its mooring and I feared the ropes
would not hold. I made Bob go out and check the knots.
Branches of trees on the opposite bank were bent double,
their leaves snatched from them and tossed into the air as
if by a manic juggler. The canal was an angry agitation.
6. Explaining the literal meaning of the powerful
words.
8. Knowing key words
Identify the errors.

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