SPACECAT
Who is the speaker and what is the exigence? "You know we’ve been through our ups and we’ve been through our downs, and I think the most important part is we all stay together throughout....What can I say, _____ out."
Kobe Bryant, his retirement
"Candy was the sanitation specialist on the ranch." This sentence contains an example of which rhetorical term?
Euphemism
Identify the speaker and one rhetorical appeal. "I imagine the idea of a normal college experience was all you wanted too. But in this case, you and I both learned that you don’t always get all the things in the bag that you selected from the menu in the delivery service that is life. You get what you get. And as I would like to say to you wholeheartedly, you should be very proud of what you’ve done with it."
Taylor swift.
Identify the writer and title. “the best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Often go awry.”
Robert Burns "To a Mouse"
Identify two grammar mistakes. "In recent years space agencies has increased their investment in missions to explore distant planets."
Prepositional phrase comma - In recent years,
subject verb agreement - have
This sub-element of SPACECAT relates most closely to the message of a speech. If a speech has an effective and clear line of reasoning then it would be said to have this.
logos
“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls” is an example of which rhetorical term?
hyperbole
Identify the speaker, source, and exigence. "Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interest."
"President" of the US. Independence Day movie. Aliens coming to destroy Earth.
What are two examples of foreshadowing in the novella?
- Setting in the brush
- Candy's dog
Identify two grammar mistakes. "Each of the scientists work independently to design equipment that can withstand extreme conditions they also need to ensure that communication systems remain reliable over vast distances."
works
. They also
In class, we mentioned the "Gettysburg Address" is separated into three paragraphs, not only to reflect the passage of past, present, and future time, but also to reflect this element of SPACECAT.
Tone: Ceremonial -- Mournful -- Inspirational
"When we let it ring from every city ...we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles,_____Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands..." Who is the speaker and what rhetorical device is presented by leaving the above underline blank?
MLK Jr. ; Asyndeton
Identify the speaker and rhetorical device. "Food is the problem and the solution."
Ron Finley. Oxymoron.
This type of comparative essay is used when you want to discuss all of one text in your first body paragraph and all of a second text in your second body paragraph. We used this in class to compare Of "Mice and Men" with "This Land is Your Land".
Whole-to-Whole, Block Comparative Essay
"At the start of the year I will make a resolution to improve my study habits." Identify the grammar issue and the specific part of the sentence that needs to be separated.
, after a prepositional phrase
“Men to the left! Women to the right!” In class, we discussed how this speaker uses the context of the Holocaust and specifically the harrowing entrance into an Auschwitz concentration camp to reveal the horrific experience for European Jews during WWII.
Elie Wiesel
“And since that time it is eleven years; For then she could stand alone; nay, by the rood, She could have run and waddled all about; For even the day before, she broke her brow…” Who is the speaker and which rhetorical device and appeal do they employ?
the Nurse; anecdote, pathos
"Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns" Identify the speaker, one rhetorical device, and the message.
Sojourner Truth, alliteration/anaphora, women have the same physical abilities and endurance as men.
"In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple, By the relief office I seen my people; as they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me?" Identify the singer and the significance to the novella.
Woody Guthrie. A more realistic depiction of the average worker's struggle to advance in society.
"Speaking of famous athletes do you have a favorite sports team?" Identify the grammar issue and the specific part of the sentence that needs to be separated.
, after a participle phrase
_______ is the art of effective or __________ speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of ________ of _______ and other compositional techniques to deliver a strong, ________ argument.
Rhetoric, persuasive, figures of speech, opinionated
"She looked up at Lennie, and she made a small grand gesture with her arm and hand to show that she could act." Who is she? Identify a rhetorical device related to the adjectives used to describe her 'gesture'?
Curley's wife. Oxymoron.
This forgettable president of Harvard spoke for 2 hours before Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address", emphasizing the idea that sometimes the most impactful messages come in smaller packages.
Edward Everett
"God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her and guide her. Through the night with the light from above." Identify the singer and its significance to the novella.
Irving Berlin. America as an idealistic dream.
"A significant portion of your exam will be about the novella therefore it would be a good idea to review all of your homework related to 'Of Mice and Men'". Identify the grammar issue and the specific part of the sentence that needs to be separated.
; and , with a conjunctive adverb