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Is that rhetorical?
Vocabulary
Shakespeare
Short Stories and Poems
Everything and the Kitchen Sink
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Who came up with the idea of rhetoric?
Who is Aristotle
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careless, untidy
What is slipshod
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Sly's story in "The Taming of the Shrew" is known by the literary term ____________.
What is a framing device.
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What type of poetry is 14 lines long and is made up of three quatrains and a couplet?
What is a shakespearean sonnet.
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Name the popular children's song that is now written in Shakespearean language: O proud left foot, that ventures quick within Then soon upon a backward journey lithe. Anon, once more the gesture, then begin: Command sinistral pedestal to writhe. Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke, A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl. To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke. Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl. The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.
What is the Hokey Pokey
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Define rhetoric.
What is: the art of finding and ultilizing in a given situation the available means of persuasion.
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Acting in a kindly manner; in the manner of an uncle.
What is avuncular
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Who is Petruchio? What is his role in "The Taming of the Shrew"?
Petruchio is one of the main characters. He decides to marry Katherine for her money, but eventually falls in love with her and helps her change from a shrew to a good wife.
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Who wrote "A Rose for Emily?"
Who is William Faulkner.
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What is foreshadowing? Give an example from one of the stories we have read.
What is when an author gives hints or vague clues about what will happen later on in the story. Example: when Georgiana touches the flower made by her husband's science and it withers and dies, thuse foreshadowing Georgiana's own death.
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What are the three elements of rhetoric? Provide a brief definition for each.
What are: ethos (percieved credibility of the speaker), pathos (emotional appeal), and logos (logical appeal).
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lazy; careless; lax
What is lackadaisical
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Tell the two definitions of the word "Shrew"
What is a small mammal, similar to a rodent; a sharp tempered, loud, obnoxious woman.
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Define "Southern Gothic"
What is it explores extreme antisocial behavior, the mysterious, the morbid, and the creepy elements of literature. It often deals with rebelling against change and not wanted to adapt to the new South.
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What phrase did the vocabulary word "Jackanapes" come from. What did it originally mean?
What is "jack of the apes" and it was meant to refer to a person who was acting like a monkey.
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Give an example for each type of rhetorical appeal based on the topic of adopting pets from an animal shelter.
What is ethos (having visited many animal shelters....), pathos (sad-eyed puppies closed into tiny cages, peer longingly at each person who walks past), logos (statistics about how many pets need to be adopted).
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one who sells something or causes something to spread
What is purveyor
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Name the two main servants in the play. (Petruchio's servant and Lucentio's servant)
What is Grumio and Tranio
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What is a major theme of "The Birthmark"?
What is science vs. nature, perfection vs. imperfection, death, etc.
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What is an archetype? Give an example of two different archetypes.
What is an archetype is an original model or pattern from which later copies are made; especially a character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent the common patterns of human life. Examples: hero, villain, wise mystic, threshold guardian, trickster, shape shifter, etc.
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What was Jonathan Swift's most powerful appeal? Defend your answer.
Answers will vary.
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Define the term and use it in a sentence: Yare
What is quick, agile, lively. That squirrel sure is yare!
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Why was "The Taming of the Shrew" so revolutionary for Shakespeare's time period in terms of how women were perceived and treated?
Shakespeare's time period did not recognize that women could think for themselves. If a wife did not obey her husband, he could, legally, beat her til she bled, wrap her in a salted horse hide, and throw her into the cellar.
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What personal experience led Stephen Crane to write "The Open Boat?
What is Stephen Crane was shipwrecked off the Mosquito Inlet and spend 32 hours in an open life boat with three other survivors before he was rescued.
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Say the sentence: The small child ran quickly, fearing what was behind...for she knew--knew with al her heart--that the giant cupcake would spell her certain doom! using the punctuations sounds (or as close as you can get) that we saw in the video clip with Victor Borge.
What is an awesome answer!