Names: ________________________________________ Date: _________ Period: _____ DIDLS HOW TO ANALYZE A WRITER’S STYLE Website to reference: https://www.matsuk12.us/cms/lib/AK01000953/Centricity/Domain/2596/didls.pdf DIDLS Technique then … analyze why The author chose ___________ diction to highlight... The author refers to __________ imagery to convey... Choose an adjective “Evidence” from to describe the the text: 4“quoted” examples in each DIDLS DIDLS DIDLS technique: box: “Quote” “ Quote” (line __ ). Types of diction: simple, complex, concrete, abstract, loaded, connotative, colloquial, formal, informal, euphonious, cacophonous, monosyllabic, polysyllabic, etc. Types of imagery: sensory visual (green,stony, pointed), auditory (buzzing, clanging, chirping), olfactory (musty, smoky, lemony), gustatory (sour, sweet, crunchy), tactile (soft, fuzzy, velvety) Types of imagery: figurative personified, metaphorical, paradoxical, hyperbolic, ironic, alliterative, onomatopoeic, symbolic, idiomatic, cliched, euphemistic, etc. The author adds ________ details about __________ to reveal... The author employs __________language to illustrate.... Types of Details (facts): Write down at least 4 facts / ”quotes” from the passage. Look for a pattern among these. Then add an adjective in front of details that would categorize at least 3 of the 4 “facts” you wrote. Types of Language: (P assage as a w hole ) *Use words from the diction category OR (some other possibilities listed below) scholarly, medical o r sports or law jargon, simple, sensuous, symbolic, figurative, trite, provincial, repetitive, allusive, didactive, etc. The author utilizes __________________ syntax / punctuation to emphasize... Types of Sentence Structures: Are the sentences simple or complex? Declarative or interrogative? Telegraphic, long and involved, or varied? Loose, periodic, or balanced? Are parallel phrases, rhetorical questions, repetition used? Did the writer use a PATTERN of italics, exclamation points, commas, semicolons, etc.? Did the author use Capital Letters for effect? Names: ________________________________________ Date: _________ Period: _____ The author uses D IDLS to… ● Set a ______ tone. (CHOOSE ONE or find one. Make sure the TONE fits the “evidence”). contemplative whimsical peaceful romantic hopeful suspenseful quiet ● Characterize the protagonist as a _______ person. (CHOOSE ONE or find another adjective. Make sure the adjective you choose fits the “evidence”). kind timid patient nervous calm strong-willed philosophical observant ● Build the context (or in other words, develop the setting or background information). ● Develop the theme that ... Topic + Opinion + Qualifying Clause DIRECTIONS: Now, put it all together to make 2 complete statements about the author’s STYLE. Ex. #1: I n Emily Dickinson’s poem I could not stop for death, the author utilizes monosyllabic diction to convey a contemplative tone to emphasize… (add theme). Ex. #2: I n Emily Dickinson’s poem I could not stop for death, the author utilizes personified imagery to characterize the protagonist as a philosophical person to emphasize… (theme). 1.________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ 2.________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
