Figgy Language
What is a simile?
a direcet comparison using like or as
Example: "They carried him like a body."
What is rhetoric?
The language of being persuasive.
What is an archetype?
It is a pattern found in storytelling throughout history and across cultures.
What does the monologue mean?
When only one character is talking internally or externally.
What is personification?
Giving an object a human action(verb)
Example: "The leaves danced in the wind."
What are the four rhetorical appeals and their definitions?
Logos - appeal to logic
Pathos - appeal to emotion
Ethos - appeal to ethics and credibility
Kairos - appeal to time
Emmett from The Lego Movie is an example of what archetype?
The Everyman
"The slave owner worked in secret as an abolitionist, which thus made him a man of conflicting ideas."
How does the author uses this to convey the purpose or meaning?
The author is showing that the slave owner is complicated because he owns slaves but he also is fighting to end slavery.
How is the figurative language in this sentence used to convey meaning? Identify the figurative language and explain the meaning.
"The minotaur was a freight train as it charged Theseus, but the young prince quickly jumped out of its way."
By using metaphor to explain how large and intimidating the minotaur was as it charged.
How does the author support or advance an appeal? Explain what rhetorical device is being used and how it contributes to an appeal.
"Why are we always so quick to judge others? We do not know what hardships our fellow man has undertaken, so it is in our best interest to try and practice empathy before apathy."
The author uses a question without an expected answer(rhetorical question) to appeal to the reader's emotions by revealing his thoughts.
What are the characteristics of the hero archetype? List at least 3.
Strong in both physique and moral character;
Skilled;
Well liked by peers;
Brave;
Arrogant;
Always need another fight.
"The [slave] children unable to work in the field had neither shoes, stockings, jackets, nor trousers, given to them; their clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts per year...Children from seven to ten years old, of both sexes, almost naked, might be seen at all seasons of the year."
How does the author use these sentences to convey the purpose of the text?
He gives a list of what slave children were given to show how little they received and how poorly they were treated.
What was the name of the product personal washing machine product we saw in class for Junior Achievement?
How does the following sentence use figurative language to convey a possible central idea? Identify the figurative language and what idea it is representing.
"Where a formerly enslaved man is subjected to the terrible liability of being seized upon by his fellow man like a hideous crocodile seizes upon his prey!"
-Frederick Douglass
It uses a simile to show slaves, whether free or not, feel like they are being hunted or are the prey of slave owners.
How does the rhetorical device in this sentence support the rhetorical appeal? Explain the rhetorical device used and what appeal it supports.
"Dana Honeycutt never spoke with ignorance. She gave everyone her ear, but few her voice."
The sentence uses a parrallel structure of contrasting ideas(antithesis) to highlight Dana Honeycutt's credibility as she was a listener that spoke factually.
How does the following dialogue of Theseus match the hero archetype?
“Father, this is terrible,” shouted Theseus, “we cannot let this go on. We cannot sacrifice any more of our young citizens to this tyrant. When it is time to send the next tribute, I will go as one of them and I vow that it is the last time the Minotaur will be fed with the flesh of any of our people.”
Theseus risks his life to leave a mark on the world by saving others.
"Added to Mr. Severe's cruelty, he was a profane swearer. It was enough to chill the blood and stiffen the hair of an ordinary man to hear him talk."
How does the author use these sentences to convey Mr. Severe's character?
It is used to show how violent and disrespectful those with power were to their slaves.
What was the title of the last book that Mr. Lorini was currently reading?
16 Ways to Defend a Walled City
How does the author use figurative language to convey meaning in this sentence? Identify the figurative language and explain what meaning it shows in this sentence.
"The sky and the rain clouds above have been the only witnesses to your dedication and acts of kindness."
By using personification to explain who the audience is to her acts of kindness.
Which sentence presents an example of an ethos rhetorical appeal?
A. "The similarities between us is very noticeable."
B. "I have wrought in the day you in the night."
C. "Those who do not know your toil for the service as I know your toil for the service."
D. "I have been shunned by friends and applauded by enemies for my transgressions."
C
Decide what archetype Prometheus is from "The story of Prometheus and Pandora's Box" and then select two sentences that compare Prometheus' description to that archetype.
A. Prometheus is always looking toward the future and what is to come.
B. Prometheus' wanted to leave his mark on the world by making it better.
C. Prometheus was happy when he saw Pandora and Epimetheus had wed, despite his warnings to his brother.
D. Prometheus did not want to live among the clouds on the mountain top with the other gods.
E. Prometheus gave stolen fire to humanity, despite how angry it made Jupiter.
The Rebel
B. and E.
"The motto which I adopted when I started from slavery was this—"Trust no man!" I saw in every white man an enemy, and in almost every colored man cause for distrust."
How does the author use these sentences to convey the purpose of the text?
It shows the lingering impact of slavery on a person. Despite being free, his mind was still slave to the oppression of man.
Organize all twelve character archetypes into the four main motivations.
Ego: Hero, Rebel, Magician
Social: Lover, Jester, Everyman
Order: Creator/Artist, Ruler, Caregiver
Freedom: Sage, Explorer, The Innocent