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Literary and Rhetorical Devices

Quick questions on Tone, mood, and diction - Regents ELA literary devices

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What are vague feeling words?
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"Bad," "good," "scary" are imprecise. Use exact adjectives (wry, foreboding, tender) that the diction supports.
What is q1?
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What is the difference between tone, mood, and diction? [Recall]
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In "the hinge that shrieked, and the path beyond had surrendered to weeds," which words build the mood, and what is it? [Short explanation]

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