VOCAB 1
This means to be truthful and straightforward and starts with F.
What is FRANK?
This means kind, charitable, compassionate. It is close to French and Spanish word for GOOD.
What is BENEVOLENT?
In the acronym to remember the rhetorical situation -- SPACE -- what do the C and E stand for?
What are CONTEXT and EXIGENCE?
This is a brief literary reference to a well-know person, place, thing, event.
What is an allusion?
Ottawa in the capital of which country.
What is Canada?
This means arrogant and self-centered and starts with C
What is conceited?
This means EMBARASSED or ASHAMED.
What is ABASHED?
This is what the S and A letters stand for in SPACE in the rhetorical situation.
What is the speaker/writer and audience?
This is a term for language that appeals to one or more of the five senses.
What is IMAGERY?
Wayne Gretzky is considered the greatest to have ever played this sport, the most popular sport in Canada.
What is hockey?
This means giving a warning and starts with A
What is admonishing?
This means curt, abrupt, terse. It starts with B.
What is BRUSQUE?
This is the P in SPACE in the rhetorical situation.
What is the purpose of the text?
This is a short story with a meaning or message that could be used as evidence, clarification, or exemplification.
What is an ANECDOTE?
These are the colors of the Canadian flag.
What are red and white?
This kind of comment is harsh and cruel. The word starts with B
What is BITING?
This means showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
What is APATHETIC?
This is the term we use in this class to refer collectively to the DETAILS, IMAGERY, and QUOTATIONS from a text that you might include in your essay as evidence. It only belongs in the body of body paragraphs.
What is L1?
This only belongs in the body of body paragraphs as evidence and MUST be paired precisely with commentary/analysis (L2).
This is when the language meaning is opposite (perhaps opposite) the actual meaning.
What is irony?
This is the winner of the War of 1812 between the US and Canada.
There was no winner. The war ended in a draw.
This means straightforward and direct, often to the point of rudeness. It starts with B.
What is BLUNT?
This means rude in a mean-spirited and surly way. It starts with C.
What is CHURLISH?
This is the term we use in this class for abstract associative language that we will connect to the evidence.
Also, this is where this belongs in your essay.
What is L2?
It belongs in the thesis statement, topic sentences, closure/conclusion.
You will also include it in the body of body paragraphs, PAIRED with L1 precisely.
What is a rhetorical question?
Justin Trudeau is the current ____________ of Canada. (This is the name for the leader of the government.)
What is the Prime Minister?