Transcript Week 4 - The Webster Web

Friday, 9/12 and Monday, 9/15
WARM-UP  start this (in your RAW book) BEFORE the bell rings
We are a compassionate and caring people. We
are a generous people. We will reach down, we
will reach back, we will reach across to help our
brothers and sisters who are in need.
What device(s) is/are used in the above paragraph
to create emphasis?
A. Anaphora
E. Anaphora and antithesis
B. Antithesis
F. Anaphora and asyndeton
C. Asyndeton G. All of the above
D. Allusion
H. None of the above
In your RAW Book: Write the quotation, write the
question, and then try to answer it!
“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 create
emphasis, immediacy, or a staccato effect
• I came, I saw, I conquered.
• Polysyndeton = the repetition of conjunctions in order to
slow a reader down or add dramatic effect through listing
• They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and
talked 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 at
the beginning of successive phrases or clauses
• Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!
• Epistrophe = the counterpart to anaphora – the repetition
of a word or phrase at the end of successive phrases or
clauses
• Where affections bear rule, there reason is subdued,
honesty is subdued, good will is subdued, and all things
else that withstand evil, for ever are subdued.
• Antithesis = using opposites in close proximity for effect (a
balanced 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. We
are a generous people. We will reach down, we
will reach back, we will reach across to help our
brothers and sisters who are in need.
What device(s) is/are used in the above paragraph
to create emphasis?
A. Anaphora
E. Anaphora and antithesis
B. Antithesis
F. Anaphora and asyndeton
C. Asyndeton G. All of the above
D. Allusion
H. None of the above
In your RAW Book: Write the quotation, write the
question, 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
Credibility:
Experiences of the
speaker, associations
with credible
sources
Emotional appeal:
Ex. Sympathy,
nostalgia, humor,
guilt, passion, etc.
“D” on the GRID: Dissection Day
“Justice Will
Be Done”
Take out your HW and
get ready for the
Poetry Slam!
Tuesday, 9/16 and Wednes., 9/17
Socratic Seminar: Life of Pi
I suggest you have the following items
on your desk:
• RAW Book
• A name plate (so others can refer to you by
name during the Socratic Seminar…materials
are in the middle of the room).
• Life of Pi
• Socratic Seminar handout (waiting for you
on the front black cabinet)
• a copy of your summer assignment
Warm-up:
Life of Pi is a novel about a kid
who…
• Today’s challenge: You only get THREE SENTENCES to
convey the story.
Super-quick GRAMMAR mini-lesson:
• A sentence must contain, at the very least, one
independent clause: a subject (noun or pronoun) + a
verb.
• An independent clause expresses a complete
thought. Frankie read the book in one sitting. She
loved it.
• A dependent clause contains a subject and verb, but
cannot 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” answers
today, but there should be thoughtful
contributions based on textual evidence.
Don’t worry about raising hands; learn how
to 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 turn
Portugal into a fiction. That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the
selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its
essence? What need did I have to go to Portugal?” (viii)
The Big Question:
What is the relationship between
truth, reality, and fiction?
What is a TRUTH conveyed in Life of Pi?
Which story is real?
Which one conveys the most truth?
Which one is the better story?
Religion and science can sometimes be at odds with each other,
but in Part One of the novel, Martel focuses on Pi’s faith journey
and his zoological upbringing. What roles do faith and science play
in the novel as a whole?