Vocabulary
The opposing viewpoint of your stance/position on a topic within an essay.
What is a counterclaim?
"Man, the SAT felt like a marathon for my brain"
What is a simile?
Name three characters in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
What is...
Janie, Joe Stark, Tea Cake, or Nanny....etc
Name the three rhetorical appeals an author may use in their argument
What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
The author's, speaker's or narrator's attitude evident through diction and other style elements.
What is tone?
"The detective listened to her lies with a wooden face."
What is metaphor?
What is Symbolism?
What does it mean when an author uses Ethos? What are they including in their text or paper?
What is establishing credibility or credentials?
Determining character based on the character's physical attributes, personality, thoughts, dialogue, and/or actions
What is Characterization?
"It smelled of dust and disuse-a close, dank, smell"
What is Alliteration?
What did Janie's head rag represent in Their Eyes Were Watching God?
What is Oppression/Being Controlled?
"Looking at the data it states 60% of students are reading books outside the classroom"
What rhetorical appeal is being made?
What is Logos?
the technique of putting two or more elements side by side to emphasize contrast
Juxtaposition
"The wallpaper creeps all over the house. I find it hovering in the dining room lying in wait for me on the stairs. It gets into my hair"
What is Personification?
What was the difference between the two locations East and West Egg from The Great Gatsby?
What is the East was well-respected generational wealth while the West was filled with newly rich individuals, those not born rich.
East=Old Money, West=New Money
“It was only then that the patient began to open up, and what he said was that he didn’t want any sedation, that he didn’t deserve a respite from pain, that he wanted to feel it all, and then to die.”
Which rhetorical appeal is used?
What is Pathos?
The necessary components of a work of literature such as character, plot, setting, and theme.
What are Literary Elements?
"Every tear you drop squeezes a cup uh blood outta mah heart"
What is Hyperbole?
What did the Pear Tree in Their Eyes Were Watching God represent (symbolic meaning)?
What is becoming a woman?
Which Greek philosopher wrote a book entitled "The Art of Rhetoric"
a.) Aristotle
b.) Da Vinci
c.) Machevelli
d.) Socrates
What is Aristotle?