This document contains instructions and prompts for analyzing the tone and mood of various paintings, photographs, and songs. It asks the reader to 1) write down and answer questions about sentence variety and types, 2) analyze and describe the tone of specific artworks and a photograph, and 3) write a simple sentence followed by a complex sentence in their linguistics journal. The document provides examples of artworks and songs to analyze, and prompts for open-ended writing assignments.

1. 12 – 08
Akon – Mama Africa
Freedom
Right Now (Na Na Na)
Linguistics Journal
Sentence Variety
1. Write down and try to
answer the following
questions.
Tone
Analyze both paintings and
describe what the tone or
mood of each one is.
A. What is sentence variety?
B. What is a simple sentence?
“Old Man with Guitar” - Picasso
“Angel of the Last Judgment”
- Kandinsky

2. Group story, describing this
painting and what she’s thinking.
1. Simple sentence -
describing the situation.
2. Compound sentence -
using dialogue from the girl
describing what she’s
thinking.
3. Simple sentence -
describing the girl
4. Complex sentence -
open
5. Compoud sentence -
open
6. Simple sentence -
open
“Woman at the Window”
- Salvador Dali

3. 12 – 09
Jarabe de Palo – Agua
La Flaca
Depende
Linguistics Journal
ToneSentence Variety
2. Write down and try to
answer the following
questions.
Analyze this photograph and
describe what the tone or
emotion of it is.
“After the Snowfall”
A. What is a compound sentence?
B. What is a complex sentence?

4. 12 – 10
Norah Jones – Sunrise
Come Away With Me
I’ve Got to See You Again
Linguistics Journal
ToneSentence Variety
3. In your linguistics, write a
simple sentence followed by
a complex sentence.
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Listen closely to the words
and the rhythm of one of the
songs by Norah Jones.
Describe the tone or
attitude of the song. What
creates this tone?