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Colloquial
Kelsey Skinner
Christine Bennett
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What is Colloquial?
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informal diction
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reflects casual, conversational language
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includes slang expressions
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Simplify formal writing
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Happy medium
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Super Ego, Ego, ID
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What is colloquial?
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Use of words such as:
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Want to-Wanna
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Going to-Gonna
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You all-Y’all
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Having a joke-he’s pulling my leg
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I don’t know-dunno
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He watches too much tv-he is a couch potato
Pronunciation of words
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Creek pronounced as crick
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Water pronounced as wuder
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When you would use Colloquial..
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Creative writing (most common)
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Introduction
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Closing
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Dialogue
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Analysis of quote
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Speaking outloud
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How to use colloquial
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Quote: Almost five years! There must have
been moments even that afternoon when
Daisy tumbled short of his dreams--not
through her own fault, but because of the
colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone
beyond her, beyond everything. He had
thrown himself into it with a creative passion,
adding to it all the time, decking it out with
every bright feather that drifted his way (87).
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Analysis: The description of Gatsby's dream
matches the description of everything he
does, from his parties to his automobile to
his suits. Nick points out that the real Daisy
cannot possibly live up to the imagined
Daisy, something Gatsby never admits. It's
like the time I took my kids to the Grand
Canyon. I had pictured in my mind a
glorious day in the world's most popular
national park. It turned out to be a day of
blistering heat, crying children, and
annoying tourists. I feel your pain, Jay. I feel
your pain.
 Introduction
and
closing- opinion
 Creative
writingconnect to your reader
 Dialogue-
connect to
your reader
 Analysis
of quoteLong quote, “in other
words,” “meaning…”
(simplify)
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Problems
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narrows down audience because older people wont
understand the slang
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cannot use it in formal writing usually
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can get confusing for people trying to learn English
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Example
“What’s up?” Christine said to her BFF, Morgan.
“Yo! OMG! Did you catch the season finale of Pretty Little Liars last night?”
“Nah, I was chillin’ wit my boy.”
The girls walked to class together and were gonna skip when they saw they
had a sub but changed their mind and decided to go and just take a lil’ nap.
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Colloquial or not?
“Hey Ashley! Are you going
“R U comin 2 class?”
to be in class today?”
“That girl in my science
“Dat girl is bad as hell, I wanna
holla at her bro!”
class is beautiful. I want to
ask her out on a date.”
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Quote
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The grub that my Dad served for dinner was great. I
thought he was pulling my leg when he said he made my
favorite meal, but he was not. He makes me dinner
biweekly, and always serves it with a cocoa-cola. I dunno if
I’ll ever stop coming over for dinner.
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Exercise
Write
a formal paragraph
with a conversation. (no
slang)
Write the same paragraph
using colloquial.
Analyze this quote using
colloquial.
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Works cited
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"Literary and Rhetorical Devices." Literary and Rhetorical
Devices RSS. N.p., n.d.Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
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"Famous Quotes from The Great Gatsby Explained in This
Analysis." Bright Hub Education Provides Teaching Tips &
Lesson Plans, Homework Help & Study Guides, Homeschooling
Advice & Much More. Web.
<http://www.brighthubeducation.com/homework-helpliterature/40045-the-great-gatsby-quotes-explained-withanalysis/ >."What Is a Colloquialism?" WiseGEEK. N.p., n.d.
Web. 02 Apr. 2013.
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Web.
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/.../Coll
oquialism.html .