DIDLS
Diction- Word choice
Imagery- Descriptive language used to render an image in the mind.
Details- Details used to enrich a text and add additional information.
Language-How the author uses language. Includes Dialect, literal language, formality among other things.
Syntax- The formation of a sentence, word order. Can be used to convey meaning or significance. Most difficult part of DIDLS
This Acronym is used to remind us of important aspects of a piece of literature, and forms the basic foundation for analyzing a piece of literature. In particular is is used to answer the question "How does the Author use techniques to create meaning". This question is the basis for almost all analysis of any work of literature.
I personally haven't used DIDLS that much in my open prompts. It is more of a tool to help dissect the information and how we are going to use it in an argument. It is a good mnemonic trick though.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot more I'd like to have seen covered here, Mitch. (Critical lenses, Foster, allusions, literary history, and so on.)
ReplyDeletePS: Don't think for a minute that I missed the fact that you only commented on one out of three of Billy's Revised Open Prompts.
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