Friday, 9/12 and Monday, 9/15
We are a compassionate and caring people. Weare a generous people. We will reach down, wewill reach back, we will reach across to help ourbrothers and sisters who are in need.
What device(s) is/are used in the above paragraphto create emphasis?
A.AnaphoraE. Anaphora and antithesis
B.AntithesisF. Anaphora and asyndeton
C.AsyndetonG. All of the above
D.AllusionH. None of the above
In your RAW Book: Write the quotation, write thequestion, and then try to answer it!
WARM-UP start this (in your RAW book) BEFORE the bell rings
“D” on the GRID: Dissection Day
SYNTAX is all about connections.How are words connected?How are phrases connected?How are clauses connected?
•Asyndeton = the omission of conjunctions to createemphasis, immediacy, or a staccato effect
•I came, I saw, I conquered.
•Polysyndeton = the repetition of conjunctions in order toslow a reader down or add dramatic effect through listing
•They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played andtalked and flunked.
SYNTAX is all about arrangement.How are the words, phrases, and clauses arranged?Which words are repeated? Isolated? Emphasized?How has the author mixed sentence types? …lengths?
•Anaphora = the repetition of the same words or phrases atthe beginning of successive phrases or clauses
•Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!
•Epistrophe = the counterpart to anaphora – the repetitionof a word or phrase at the end of successive phrases orclauses
•Where affections bear rule, there reason is subdued,honesty is subdued, good will is subdued, and all thingselse that withstand evil, for ever are subdued.
•Antithesis = using opposites in close proximity for effect (abalanced juxtaposition)
•One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.
•Many are called, but few are chosen.
•Success makes men proud; failure makes them wise.
We are a compassionate and caring people. Weare a generous people. We will reach down, wewill reach back, we will reach across to help ourbrothers and sisters who are in need.
What device(s) is/are used in the above paragraphto create emphasis?
A.AnaphoraE. Anaphora and antithesis
B.AntithesisF. Anaphora and asyndeton
C.AsyndetonG. All of the above
D.AllusionH. None of the above
In your RAW Book: Write the quotation, write thequestion, and then try to answer it!
Analyzing LITERATURE
•Diction
•Imagery
•Details
•Syntax
•Point of view
•Tone
•Theme
Analyzing LANGUAGE
The tools of rhetoric:
Logical appeal: statistics/data,common sense, reasoning
Emotional appeal:
Ex. Sympathy,nostalgia, humor,guilt, passion, etc.
Credibility:
Experiences of thespeaker, associationswith credible
sources
“D” on the GRID: Dissection Day
“Justice Will
Be Done”
Take out your HW andget ready for the
Poetry Slam!
Tuesday, 9/16 and Wednes., 9/17
Socratic Seminar: Life of Pi
I suggest you have the following itemson your desk:
• RAW Book
• A name plate (so others can refer to you byname during the Socratic Seminar…materialsare in the middle of the room).
• Life of Pi
• Socratic Seminar handout (waiting for youon the front black cabinet)
• a copy of your summer assignment
Super-quick GRAMMAR mini-lesson:
•A sentence must contain, at the very least, oneindependent clause: a subject (noun or pronoun) + averb.
•An independent clause expresses a completethought. Frankie read the book in one sitting. Sheloved it.
•A dependent clause contains a subject and verb, butcannot stand alone.
When Frankie read the book, ….
Even though she loved it, …
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
There are no “right” or “wrong” answerstoday, but there should be thoughtfulcontributions based on textual evidence.
Don’t worry about raising hands; learn howto negotiate a large-group discussion.
Don’t look at Webster; look at each other!
Instead of “talking,” focus on “contributing”and “connecting.”
We’re talking to learn, not to win a debate.
“Thus set up, pen in hand, for the sake of greater truth, I would turnPortugal into a fiction. That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, theselective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out itsessence? What need did I have to go to Portugal?” (viii)
The Big Question:
Religion and science can sometimes be at odds with each other,but in Part One of the novel, Martel focuses on Pi’s faith journeyand his zoological upbringing. What roles do faith and science playin the novel as a whole?
