U5 OMAM
U6 Rhetoric
Vocab/Lexis
Grammar
Writing Skills
100

Setting:

Time
Place
Conditions

1930s
California farms
Great Depression

100

Why do authors write persuasive speeches? (5 Verbs)

persuade, motivate, warn, scare, criticise, inspire, inform, etc
100

entranced

filled with wonder and attention; completely absorbed

100

What is a clause?

Subject + Verb

100
What can we do to increase word count?

PEE,EEL - use a 2nd quote of a similar technique!

200

What is the name of the Robert Burns poem?

To a Mouse

200

Define:

- anaphora
- epistrophe

anaphora - repetition at start

epistrophe - end

200

disarming

removing hostility by being charming or sincere

200

What does FANBOYS acronym stand for?

For And Nor But Or Yet So

200

What's an effective way to write a thesis statement / topic sentence

Author + tech + purpose

300

State 2 symbols and how the connect to a key theme

Varied responses

300

What do ethos, logos, and pathos appeal to?

credibility/authority, logic/reason, emotion

300

complacent

self-satisfied and unaware of possible problems

300

When does "and" need a comma before it?

When followed by a clause (subject + verb)

300

How does Churchill's wartime speech appeal to logos?

Students' responses vary

400

Finish these Marxist terms:

- pro...
- bour...
- class con...
- marg....

proletariat
bourgeois
class consciousness
marginalisation

400

What does SPACE CAT acronym stand for?

Speaker
Purpose
Audience
Context
Exigence

Choices
Appeals
Tone

400

avert

to turn away or prevent something from happening

400

Translate: 

虽然他很累,但他还是继续工作。

Although he was tired, he kept working (NO "but"!)

400
What's one way we can improve our analyses? 

Ask HOW-WHY Questions to ourselves and answer these (TIME MANAGEMENT!)

500

An ecological disaster in the 1930s

The Dust Bowl

500

Create an appealing, effective slogan for a new pair of Nike Air Jordan

Students' responses vary

500

mollified

calmed after being angry or upset

500

Write an accurate sentence using a SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

after before since until whether although when while because if unless whenever as long as


500
What does the Annotation Acronym QTE/AT stand for?

Quote
Technique
Effect/Appeal
Tone