Acronyms
TAG
What is Title, Author, Genre?
basic; central starting point (Reading and writing are __________ skills for learning.)
What is fundamental?
BMW advertises a man with a prosthetic leg and the slogan, "Don't drink and drive."
What is Pathos?
"Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow..."
-NeYo
What is alliteration?
The author of Night
TAST
What are Title, Attitude, Shift, and Theme?
undercover; hidden; secret
What is covert?
Jennifer Aniston endorse Glacier Smart Water.
What is Ethos?
"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me."
-Emily Dickinson
What is personification?
The concentration camp where Eliezer ended up
What is Auschwitz?
TPFASTT
What are Title, Paraphrase, Figurative Devices/Language, Attitude, Shift, Speaker, Title, Theme?
An "ah-hah" moment; a sudden realization of importance or meaning
What is an epiphany?
Ballistics experts determined that the weapon used in the crime was a knife.
What is Ethos?
I've seen it all
From the orange of the fall
To the green of the summer,
But my favorite color is neon
-Chris Young
What is imagery?
The genre of Night.
What is a memoir? (also nonfiction)
SOAPSTone
What are Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone?
the damsel in distress; the hero; the warrior on a journey; the care-giver
What are archetypes?
In Texas alone, within the last seven years, more than a quarter-million criminal aliens have been arrested and charged with over 600,000 criminal offenses
What is logos?
In Monsters Inc., the monsters are afraid of the children.
What is irony?
Where the Jews were forced to stay before being hauled to the concentration camp
What is a ghetto?
TEPAC
What is Topic Sentence, Evidence, Paraphrase, Analysis, Concluding Sentence?
Coming from outside; external (She was motivated to join by __________ forces.)
What is extrinsic?
On Sept. 11, 2001, almost 3,000 people, including children, lost their lives at once; it was the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.
What are pathos and logos?
The correct spelling of the word that makes the sound (like buzz, pow, screech, etc.)
What is o-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-a?
Awarded to Elie Wiesel for his written and spoken accounts of the Holocaust.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?