PATSS Analysis
The reason why the author wrote the text
What is purpose?
an appeal to logic
What is logos?
A verb that does not conjugate the way that verbs usually conjugate
What are irregular verbs?
The means by which Momma provides for the family
What is "The Store"?
the person to wlilingly leave when the family
Who the author wrote the text for
Who is the audience?
Sentences or phrases that have the similar grammatical structure
What is parallelism?
Type of punctuation that is used to signify the end of a sentence
What is terminal punctuation?
Marguerite's first job as an adult
Jim Casy lost the calling and gave up this job
What is preaching?
The author's attitude when writing the text
What is tone?
an appeal to emotion
What is pathos?
A clause or phrase that is not necessary to the sentence but can be used to provide more information, is offset by commas
What is a nonessential clause?
What is loan interest?
The character that said "all that lives is holy"
Ma Joad
The point of view from which the author writes and the level of diction the author uses
What are style and voice?
an appeal to ethics and credibility
What is ethos?
pronouns that cannot be used as the subject of a sentence
(unless they are used as adjective pronouns or possessive pronouns)
What are object pronouns?
Mrs. Flowers teaches Marguerite not to judge people because of this
What is illiteracy?
great strength is seen by this character in the episode of Gramma's death
Who is Ma Joad?
The type of writing the author is presenting and the rhetorical strategies present throughout
What are structure and devices?
The strategy of posing two things side by side to highlight their difference
What is juxtaposition?
A part of speech that should never be left dangling at the end of a sentence
What is a preposition?
The reason Marguerite believes the black people of Stamps are satisfied with their lot in life
(this answer specifically does not need to be worded in Jeopardy format)
What is rectification?
a turtle crossing the road is an example of what in this novel
What is a symbol for perseverance?