Friday 912 and Monday 915 WARMUP start this

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?