Basic Content
Figurative Language
Close Reading
Syllabus
Books
100

Anything that can be analyzed or interpreted.

What is Text?

100

"Her form conquered the park like soil, like a white lily rising from the midst of a dark clay" (Chateaubriand 87).

What is Simile?

100

"Does it stink like rotten meat?" (Harlem)

What is Evoking the Senses?

100

Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spaced, 1   inch margins.

What is MLA Format?

100

The author of Graduation Day.

Who is Maya Angelou?

200

You see someone on the side of the road wearing a cast on their left leg, a cast on their right arm, and sitting in a wheelchair holding a sign saying "any amount of money will help." What are they a representation of?

What is Pathos?

200

It is raining cats and dogs.

What is a Metaphor?

200

In the PSA "Children See Children Do" who is the bias towards?

What is a bias towards Australian citizens and children?

200

The deadline for turning in homework on Canvas.

What is 11:55pm?

200

The main characters in Understanding Rhetoric.

Who are Liz and Johnathon? 

300

Message conveyed or an appeal to reason.

What is Logos?

300

The chair squatted on the floor.

What is Personification?

300

"I despise you as less than a woman" (Chateaubriand 37).

What is gender?

300

How many times are you expected to check Canvas for assignments and announcements?

What is, at least once a day?

300

What object in Atala and Rene symbolizes the love between Atala and Rene?

What is the Rope?

400

Graduation Day by Maya Angelo is about her own experience, it is a good representation of what.

What is Ethos?

400

An example of onomatopoeia

BANG!

400

Fixation on death, innocence, and tragedy are common themes in what genre of writing

What is Romanticism?

400

How many places should you store your assignments?

What is, at least two or more places?

400

In Understanding Rhetoric this is the super hero of identity

Who is Metamorph?

500

Appropriate time and place.

What is Red Herring?

500

The Statue of Liberty is often associated with freedom.

What is Symbolism?

500

"This mark of friendship and religion made my tears flow in abundance" (Chateaubriand 88).

What is tone?

500

The three books from which we read this semester.

What is Norton Reader, Understanding Rhetoric and Atala & Rene?

500

The hermit in Atala

Who is Father Aubry?