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English-Atmosphere and setting - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Something implicit is inferred - it is suggested by the way it is said. Implicit meaning can be harder to figure out than explicit meaning. Writers like to be clever and draw you into a text. It is up to you to make your mind up about a setting, in the same way, that it is up to you to make your mind up about a new place you visit. Writers often use language in effective ways so that the description of their settings also helps to create a suitable sense of atmosphere and mood.
    - - Something that is explicit is stated directly and is clear in meaning. Explicit meaning is the easiest to pick out from a text.
        Sometimes a writer wants it to be obvious that the atmosphere of a text is good, bad, dangerous, happy, sad, and so on.
  - - - When quoting from a text, remember to:
      - use quotation marks
      - quote accurately
      - quotes of three words or fewer can be used in the sentence you're writing - for example, when the writer talks about the 'futility of life' he means...
      - longer quotations need to be included on a line of their own and with a space before it (known as an indent)
      - short, well-chosen quotations are better than long ones
      - Remember that certain words and phrases are especially helpful when you're explaining an idea in detail. They can be particularly helpful if you are commenting on implicit meaning.