AUTHOR’S TECHNIQUE AND WRITING STYLE.pptx

Author's Technique and Writing Styles

1. Author's Purpose and Style in Writing MELC : ( EN9RC-IVf-2.22 ) Judge the relevance and worth of ideas, soundness of author’s reasoning, and the effectiveness of the presentation

2. I. ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS Objectives: 1. identify the author’s tone and purpose in the selection given; 2. express the message of the selection; and 3. make a graphic organizer about the advantages and disadvantages of the use of gadgets

3. I. INITIAL ACTIVITY

4. Ii. READING ACTIVITY For Conversation, Press #1

5. FOR CONVERSATION, PRESS #1 By Michael Alvear (1) A funny thing happened in the way to communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. (2) I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and–poof!---I became invisible, absent from the conversation because of a gadget designed to make communication easier . (3) The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact . Next

6. (4) The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent . (5) Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. In making deposit at the bank, you can just insert your card into the ATM. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine . (6) As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. (7) I am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail system, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn’t an option---they’re great for what they’re intended to do. It’s their unintended consequences that make me cringe. Next Prev.

7. (8) So I’ve put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I’m home. Readers Digest, pp. 143-145, July 2000 Next Prev.

8. Answer the follow-up questions. What is the author’s stand regarding the use of gadgets? What are the evidences in the selection that support this claim? What is the author’s purpose for writing the selection? Do you and the author have the same stand regarding the use of gadget? Tone refers to the speaker’s attitude or feeling toward the subject. What is the tone of the selection? Clue: tone and mood are described through the use of adjectives . What words/phrases/evidences are in the selection that helped you identify the tone? (Before this process question, a word search can also be performed ) Go to this link for the assessment: https:// forms.gle/x5G53MhM32RWmRwS6 Prev.

9. ii. FOUR WAYS TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE TEXT Objectives: 1. set up a social media profile for the characters in the given text; 2. write a travel blogsite review of the setting in the given text; 3. summarize the plot of the given text via text messages; 4. create a mood board depicting the tone and mood of the given text; and 5. fill out a slam book entry about the author of the given text

10. I. INITIAL ACTIVITY What feeling or emotion is expressed by the man in the picture ? Why is the man lonely? What do you think is the reason behind his loneliness? What is the purpose of the picture ? The tone ? What general truth in life is being depicted?

11. FOUR WAYS TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE TEXT

12. AUTHOR

13. 1. AUTHOR A writer of a book, article, or report Is broadly defined as “the person who originated or gave existence to anything” and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created

14. The American poet Walt Whitman greatly admired Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and was deeply affected by his assassination, writing several poems as elegies and giving a series of lectures on Lincoln. The two never met.

15. 2 . TONE Is the speaker’s attitude or feeling toward the subject Is the attitude of the narrator or viewpoint character toward story events and other characters Is the speaker’s or narrator’s attitude towards the subject, rather than what the reader feels An author uses tone to create a mood Can be one of these: serious, light, bored, inspired, sarcastic, happy, sad, worried, self-satisfied, wishful, optimistic List of tone words (adjectives): Accusatory: charging of wrongdoing Bitter: exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief Critical: finding fault Earnest: intense, a sincere state of mind Intimate: very familiar Matter-of-fact: accepting conditions; not fanciful or emotional Optimistic: hopeful Sincere: Without deceit or pretense; genuine Solemn: deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection

16. 3. mood Is the feeling that the author creates using story details, the setting, and images Is what the reader feels or notices while reading a scene or story Is not the reader’s emotion, but the atmosphere (the vibe) of a scene or story; it is produced most effectively through the use of setting, theme, voice, and tone Is the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader List of moods (atmosphere) : suspense, lonely, happy, angry, anxious, tense, suspicious, excited, depressed, scared, disgusted

17. 4 . TECHNIQUE OR STYLE Is what an individual author uses in his writing Varies from author to author and depends upon one’s syntax (sentence construction, whether grammatically strict or loose), diction (word choice, whether the vocabulary is simple or complicated), and tone (speaker’s emotion/feelings) There are four basic techniques or styles used in writing: Expository Writing Style Descriptive Writing Style Persuasive Writing Style Narrative Writing Style

18. FOUR BASIC TECHNIQUES OR STYLES USED IN WRITING Author’s purpose

19. 1. EXPOSITORY STYLE This is a subject-oriented writing style because the authors focus on telling you about a given topic or subject without voicing their personal opinions. The main focus of this writing style is to explain . Expository writing style furnishes you with relevant facts and figures but do not include opinions. Key Points: Usually explains something in a process Is often equipped with facts and figures Is usually written in a logical order and sequence Language is precise, specific, straightforward

20. 1. EXPOSITORY STYLE is applied in TEXTBOOK WRITING INFORMATIONAL BOOKS

21. 1. EXPOSITORY STYLE is applied in NEWS ARTICLES INSTRUCTION MANUALS

22. 1. EXPOSITORY STYLE is applied in “HOW TO” ARTICLES RECIPES

23. 2 . DESCRIPTIVE STYLE This writing style focuses on communicating the details of a character, event, or place. Its main purpose is to describe (can be applied to other purposes: to entertain, to inform, to persuade) It can be poetic when the author takes time to be very specific in his or her descriptions. Usually the descriptions incorporate sensory details . Key Points: Is often poetic in nature Describes places, people, events, situations, or locations in a highly-detailed manner The author visualizes what he/she sees, hears, tastes, smells, and feels

24. 2. DESCRIPTIVE STYLE is applied in POETRY JOURNAL OR DIARY WRITING

25. 2. DESCRIPTIVE STYLE is applied in NATURE WRITING PASSAGES IN FICTION

26. 3 . PERSUASIVE STYLE This writing style tries to bring other people around to the author’s point of view. Its main purpose is to persuade or convince . Unlike expository writing, persuasive writing contains the opinions and biases of the author. To convince others to agree with the author’s point of view, it contains justifications and reasons . Key Points: Is equipped with reasons, arguments, and justifications The author takes a stand and asks the readers to agree with his/her point of view Often asks for readers to do something about the situation

27. 3. PERSUASIVE STYLE is applied in OPINION/EDITORIAL PIECES ADVERTISEMENTS

28. 3. PERSUASIVE STYLE is applied in REVIEWS (BOOKS, MUSIC, MOVIE, ETC.) LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION

29. 3. PERSUASIVE STYLE is applied in LETTER OF COMPLAINT COVER LETTERS

30. 4. NARRATIVE STYLE This main purpose is to tell a story . The author will create different characters and tell you what happens to them through dialogues and narration (sometimes the author writes from the point of view of one of the characters – this is known as the first person POV). Simply, narrative writing answers the question: “ What happened then ?” Key Points: A person tells a story or event Has characters and dialogue Has definite and logical beginnings, intervals, and endings Often has situations like actions, motivational events, and disputes or conflicts with their eventual solutions

31. 4 . NARRATIVE STYLE is applied in POETRY NOVELS/NOVELLAS

32. 4 . NARRATIVE STYLE is applied in SHORT STORIES ANECDOTES

33. 4 . NARRATIVE STYLE is applied in AUTOBIOGRAPHIES/BIOGRAPHIES ORAL HISTORIES (INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS)