Colons & Semicolons
In between which two words does the semicolon go?
Ethan cooks dinner Helena cleans the dishes.
"dinner" and "Helena"
dinner; Helena
Name the three rhetorical appeals.
ethos, pathos, logos
Identify this as a DC or an IC and say why.
"Despite her love for horror movies"
This is a DC because it has an SC, a subject, a verb, and can't stand alone.
Who is the first person Macbeth kills?
Duncan
What does the 's show in this sentence?
Josh's soda spilled all over his Biology homework.
possession
Give me one function of a colon.
introduces a list
introduces a quote
Identify the rhetorical appeal being used here.
The doctor told the patient to specifically increase her B12 vitamin intake as her red blood cells looked concerning.
ethos because the doctor is giving credible expertise
Expand the sentence by adding an IC.
As soon as summer starts, _____________
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2) crippling guilt
Explain the error:
Marcy's and Jack's mother is probably the most beloved cook in the neighborhood.
"Marcy and Jack" should be treated as one subject, so you only need one 's. (correct use: Marcy and Jack's)
What's the difference between a dash and a comma when used to surround non-essential info?
a dash shows more emotion than a comma
Which two rhetorical appeals are being used here?
We can never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal."
An IC and a DC have what two things in common?
What's the difference between an aside and a soliloquy?
Aside= character cannot be heard
Soliloquy=character can be heard
They walked to the store quickly and with purpose.
They walked to the store quickly and purposefully.
They walked to the store with quickness/speed and with purpose.
Where should the colon go?
"Macbeth revealed his overconfidence to Macduff 'No one born of woman can harm me!'"
Macduff: 'No
What is the purpose of an author/speaker using rhetoric?
to persuade the audience
Prepositional phrases answers three questions. Provide me with two.
Place (Where?)
What is Macbeth's hamartia?
ambition/greed
Why is parallelism important to use?
it balances the sentences
Explain the error:
"The man jumped across the river; killing time before he had to make it home."
"Killing time before he had to make it home" is not a complete sentence. Semicolons combine two complete sentences.
Who was Malala's audience in her speech, and who was MLK's audience in his speech.
Label your answers.
Malala=United Nations
MLK=8 white clergymen
Identify three prep. phrases.
Charlie loves playing piano, but that's against his father's wishes. His father wants him to hoop. At 6'5, Charlie is quite tall for his age. By 17, he'll probably be 6'10. Charlie knows playing basketball will help him make money, but he doesn't have a passion for it. With luck, Charlie will eventually devote his life to piano.
against his father's wishes
at 6'5
for his age
By 17
for it
with luck
to piano
(Note! "to hoop" is not a prep. phrase. What follows a prep. needs to be a NOUN, not a VERB).
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We know Macbeth wants to murder Duncan before anyone else does.
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