an open heart diction and details: activity 5
diction is word choice. authors choose words that have certain associations or feelings attached to them in order to make their attitudes toward the subject clear. for example, a writer might refer to a house as a hovel, a hut, a dwelling, a home, a residence, or a mansion. each of these words has certain associations for the reader, making the effect of the word a positive or negative one.
detail refers to the things that happen and the factual information that appears in the passage. when an author tells the reader that the main character saw a purple butterfly in the garden, the fact that the butterfly is purple is a detail. so is the fact that the character saw the butterfly in a garden, and not in a kitchen or a baseball field. so is the fact that the character saw a butterfly at all.

find 3 quotes that support each statement:
-text that reveals the author’s attitude about poverty as a child.
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-text the reveals the author’s attitude about charity when she sees the young man.
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-text that reveals the author’s changed attitude about charity.
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