Irony
Name the three types of irony
What is Dramatic, Situational, and Verbal Irony?
Name three rhetorical appeals
The emotional atmosphere within a text; how a reader feels.
What is mood?
Define a Universal Theme
A claim is supported by reason, a reason is supported by ____________
What is evidence?
Name the type of irony:
A pilot who's afraid of heights
What is situational irony?
A persuasive technique that aims to establish a writer’s or speaker’s credibility and shared values with the audience.
What is ethos?
The narrator's thoughts/feelings toward a character or topic.
What is tone?
Name the two key elements of Epic poetry
What are supernatural elements and following a hero on a journey?
Evidence consists of:
Facts, stats, and data
What creates irony in a text?
What is narrator's perspective?
A persuasive technique that attempts to stir up emotions
What is pathos?
The rhetorical device used to implicitly contribute to mood/tone.
What is figurative language?
What role do Greek gods have in Epic poetry?
What is they are the conflict of the poem?
Name the number one way an argument is invalid
What is the evidence does not effectively support the claim? e.g. Neil Armstrong's two cents on constitutional rights
Define Satire and give an example used in class
What is making fun of a social norm using irony ex. South Park, Romeo and Juliet, Most Dangerous Game
Name the appeal: "“when you have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who is asking: ‘Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?’”
-Letter from Birmingham Jail
What is pathos?
Determine the figurative language used, the connotation of the italicized word, and the mood conveyed.
"Their eyes told him what he needed to know- that they too, would remember, and bear witness"
-Perils of Indifference
What is personification, negative connotation, reflective mood.
Give one tip to the class on how you can best read and comprehend difficult poetry.
What is annotate on scrap paper, highlight key words, paraphrase, take a step back and put it into plain English?
Name three text structures you will immediately highlight
What is claim (point/counterpoint), subheadings, data/graph footers
How do you determine which irony is being used, name three key phrases.
Audience knows, funny twist, said the opposite of what they meant
Determine the appeal:
“Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality.”
-Letter from Birmingham Jail
What is logos?
Go on the board and draw a mood/tone flow chart.
What is:
Figurative language- connotation- mood/tone
*Layer of meaning
Explain the purpose of adding layers of meaning.
What is to reach a wider audience and achieve author's purpose
Go on the board and draw the argumentative chart.
What is:
Claim - Reason/justification a) b) - Evidence/support a) b) - effective/valid *rhetoric