Central Idea/Theme
What is a topic/subject?
A big idea that people write about. Concepts like peace, love, hate, freedom, violence, etc.
Define the author's purpose.
The author's reason for writing. (PIE) Persuade, inform, entertain...
Define Tone.
How the author's attitude toward the subject of a text.
Define "mediums."
The material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer.
What is an argument or primary claim?
Define Central Idea.
The central idea is what the text is mainly about.
WIN-Who or what is the text mainly about? What is the important information about the who or the what? Put it together in a small number of words.
Define Rhetoric.
The art of effective or persuasive writing or speaking.
How can you identify tone?
Identify the topic/subject.
Analyze the author's word choice when describing or speaking about the subject.
When you are given two mediums to analyze, what should you be looking for?
The common subject or key scene. The similarities and differences.
What is a claim?
A debatable statement used to support the argument.
Define Theme.
The message, universal message, moral of the story.
What are the three appeals (rhetorical triangle)?
Ethos-appeal to ethics, Logos- appeal to logic, Pathos- appeal to emotion.
Define figurative language and connotation.
Figurative language: Not meant to be taken literally.
Connotation: The feelings associated with a word.
Define source material and transformation.
The source material is the original work. The transformation sometimes means the newer work or the changes made to the newer work.
Name three types of evidence you might find in an argument.
Data, stats, real-life examples, counterclaims, comparisons, facts, appeals to emotion, logic or credibility, etc.
What is the central idea?
In general, a growing number of studies indicate that wildlife, like humans, is stressed by a noisy environment. The endangered Sonoran pronghorn avoids noisy areas frequented by military jets; female frogs exposed to traffic noise have more difficulty locating the male’s signal; gleaning bats avoid hunting in areas with road noise. When these effects are combined with other stressors such as winter weather, disease, and food shortages, sound impacts can have important implications for the health and vitality of wildlife populations within a park.
Wildlife populations are significantly affected by noise.
The word is terracide. It is not committed with guns and knives, but with relentless bulldozers, roaring dump trucks, and giant shovels like mythological beasts. Dynamite cuts and rips apart mountains to reach the minerals inside, leaving nothing but empty, naked hills. The land is left wasted and allowed to slide down upon houses and into streams, making the land unlivable and the stream water undrinkable. This is terracide, or if you prefer, strip mining.
What is the purpose of the text?
To persuade you that strip mining is bad.
What is the author's tone and how is it established?
I wish there were some wonderful place
Called the Land of Beginning Again,
Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches,
And all our poor, selfish grieves
Could be dropped, like a shabby old coat, at the door,
And never put on again.
Regretful
They compare mistakes and heartaches to a shabby old coat, not to be worn again.
Name a source material and newer work and explain how the creator/author of the newer work, draws on the source material.
Answers will vary
Year after year, most literature classes cover the same authors and genres. It’s time that educators made a change. For teachers to keep current and engage students, we must allow students to read diverse texts from their own generation. As a first step, hip-hop should be included in the literature curriculum. This suggestion is not as odd as it may seem. After all, hip-hop is simply another form of poetry, as are all song lyrics. It contains a rhyme scheme, rhythm, and meter. In addition, hip-hop lyrics deal with the same timeless themes as other forms of poetry, including heartache and the challenges of growing up. In many ways, today’s hip-hop artists are contemporary versions of Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson, only with a modern, fresh perspective.
What is the author's argument or claim?
Hip hop should be taught as literature.
Judging someone by how they look can impact the way you treat them. Judging someone by how they look can cause you to jump to incorrect conclusions.
How does the author use rhetoric to advance their purpose?
The word is terracide. It is not committed with guns and knives, but with relentless bulldozers, roaring dump trucks, and giant shovels like mythological beasts. Dynamite cuts and rips apart mountains to reach the minerals inside, leaving nothing but empty, naked hills. The land is left wasted and allowed to slide down upon houses and into streams, making the land unlivable and the stream water undrinkable. This is terracide, or if you prefer, strip mining.
The author uses harsh word choices, comparisons, and pathos when describing strip mining.
How does the author’s word choice develop the tone?
Often you feel you’ve done nothing when you’ve actually done a lot. That’s because what you did do seemed beneath notice—it was so small that it didn’t “count.” But it did—just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.
Encouraging, supportive, etc.
They use positive language and make positive comparisons.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YVWA3ejqWwvCWaeH8ZZJlE2ypjq4gfu3No1nO5Zz-fE/edit?usp=sharing
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What is the connection between the two works?
What is the difference between the works?
How does this affect the text’s meaning?
Connection: Ulysses and the sirens. The sirens are not playful in the painting. The text helps us to see the allure of the sirens and to understand why Ulysses would put himself in this situation.
Year after year, most literature classes cover the same authors and genres. It’s time that educators made a change. For teachers to keep current and engage students, we must allow students to read diverse texts from their own generation. As a first step, hip-hop should be included in the literature curriculum. This suggestion is not as odd as it may seem. After all, hip-hop is simply another form of poetry, as are all song lyrics. It contains a rhyme scheme, rhythm, and meter. In addition, hip-hop lyrics deal with the same timeless themes as other forms of poetry, including heartache and the challenges of growing up. In many ways, today’s hip-hop artists are contemporary versions of Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson, only with a modern, fresh perspective.
How do the author's reasoning and evidence support their claim?
The author shows the relation between hip-hop music and poetry.