Be commanding!
Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications.
What is analyse?
An understanding, thought, notion, opinion, view, or belief. It is a very nebulous term and has a great degree of crossover witha couple ofother terms in the course.
What is an idea?
The life encounters of an individual or a wider group that shapes the human psyche in one or more ways; the characteristics and key events of human life, including birth, learning, emotion, aspiration, morality, conflict, and death.
What is the human experience/condition?
“You are the sort of man that keeps people home at night behind locked doors”.
Who is Maureen?
A figure of speech in which coordinating conjunctions (words such as "and", "or", and "but" that join other words or clauses in a sentence into relationships of equal importance) are omitted, often replaced with commas.
"Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined."
What is asyndeton?
Show how things are similar or different.
What is compare?
The environment in which it is created or responded to. Provide both variations.
What are context of production and reception?
The means or channel of communication.
What is medium?
Well, I should've said to them, "if I don't make it, don't you forget about me."
Who is William Gates?
Repeated words or phrases at the beginning of successive clauses.
It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach. It rained all over the place.
What is anaphora?
Identify issues and provide points for and/or against.
What is discuss?
A position from which things can be viewed or considered.
What is perspective?
We can describe issues, events, perspectives, etc. as ________ if they cause dispute, debate or contention, or go against dominantly held beliefs, values or expectations.
What is a controversy/ial?
“How can you get arrested for doin’ nothin’, when there’s nothin’ to do?”
Who is Trev?
A figure of speech in which coordinating conjunctions (words such as "and," "or," and "but" that join other words or clauses in a sentence into relationships of equal importance) are used several times in close succession, particularly where conjunctions would normally not be present at all.
"He dismounted and opened the gate and walked the horse through and closed the gate and walked the horse along the fence."
What is polysyndeton?
To ascertain the value or amount of; appraise carefully.
What is evaluate?
Opinions or viewpoints regarding a certain subject. They can be expressed as adjectival phrases or as opinion statements.
What are attitudes?
DOUBLE POINTS
Evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way.
What is compelling?
“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
Who is Ed (The Messenger)?
A type of figurative language in which an object or concept is referred to not by its own name, but instead by the name of something closely associated with it.
"Wall Street" for the American financial industry.
Referring to business people or lawyers as "suits".
"Canberra" for Australia's political system.
What is metonymy?
DOUBLE POINTS
Inquire into.
What is examine?
The various processes of communication: listening, speaking, reading/viewing and writing/creating.
What are modes?
The fundamental dispositions or characteristics - including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting - that we apparently naturally possess.
What is human nature?
DOUBLE POINTS
"Well, another one walks out the door, another one comes in the door. That's what its all about."
Who is Coach Gene Pingatore?
A figure of speech in which one 'governing' word or phrase (often a verb) modifies two distinct parts of a sentence. Often, the governing word will mean something different when applied to each part.
"In an instant both boys were rolling and tumbling in the dirt, gripped together like cats; and for the space of a minute they... covered themselves with dust and glory."
"John and his license expired last week."
What is zeugma?