Peer reviews...Final draft due on Monday. Attach the rubric, 2nd and 1st draft (in that order) to the back of the paper. Submit the electronic copy to turnitin.com by Monday night if you wish to be eligible for grading and rewrite opportunities (set up your accounts on turnitin.com codes this weekend) Period 1 class id: 13701141 enrollment password: Wesley (must be an upper case W) Period 7 class id:13701194 enrollment password: Wesley
(must be an upper case W)
HW: Finish reading Act 3 of Pygmalion - Finish watching Act 2 and Act 3 this weekend. Be able to identify which characters said which lines (so, know their personalities) and what happens in the plot. Know the personality traits of each character. (15-20 questions for 30-40 points) One of the quirkier characters is Alfred Doolittle, Liza's dad. He philosophizes about "middle-class morality" quite a bit. What is his attitude towards it? What arguments does Alfred Doolittle make? Which of Alfred's traits impress Higgins? He mentions his admiration for Higgins' gifts a couple of times and even proposes a possible future career for him.
Tomorrow: * Discuss Act 2 Pygmalion * 2nd draft typed (5 points or 0, no excuses)
Thursday, September 29, 2016
What should a peer reviewer be looking for in these papers? Make a list of four or five things to look for and provide feedback on for this paper
HW: Finish reading Act 2 of Pygmalion (possible pop quiz tomorrow) Write and print your 2nd draft for tomorrow's peer review (must be at least 1 1/2 pages typed and printed before class - visual check - 5 or zero points, no excuses)
Tomorrow: * Discuss Act 2 Pygmalion * 2nd draft typed (5 points or 0, no excuses)
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Please hand in your paper idea...I will read and return by end of class
What do you think we should annotate for/pay attention to in Act II? Make a list of 3 to 5 things Begin reading and annotating Act II; what you don't finish in class today, you will finish tomorrow Homework: Type and print first draft for your essay; peer reviews tomorrow followed by finishing the reading of Act 2
English
IV (AP): The Rhetoric of Language and Composition—Wesley
Summative
Assessment:
100 Points
Language Rant
Creative Essay
“Definition” Argumentative Essay
Due Date(s):
Rough Draft: (Printed for
class) Thursday, 9/29
Final Draft: Monday, 10-3 and submitted to turnitin.com
Length: 1 ½ -2 ½ pages typed, Times New Roman 12 pt. Font
Creative Essay
Prompt:
Select a word or short phrase that is used
today that you believe is unique, overused, odd, or even crazy and write a 1 ½ - 2 ½ page argument/commentary/observation/analysis
about how or why this word is used and what it says about people, the impact of
language, society, or modern life in general. You might want to begin by
examining the history or etymology of the word as well as the similarities and
differences between its denotative and connotative meaning. However, the main
goal is to use this word as a pathway into a larger, more provocative and
complex issue or topic. You will be graded on your ability to establish your
credibility/authorial voice, as well as on how you showcase your unique
observations, connections, examples, comparisons, play on words, and
ultimately, your critical thinking conveyed through language.
Thesis Proposal
(Due Tomorrow):
Please write your thesis proposal using
the lines below. This proposal should not only include the word or phrase that
you will examine, but must also include the LARGER TOPIC that your
analysis/essay will spin or pivot into in order to examine culture/people/society,
the impact of language, or modern life in general. Finally, this proposal must
be accepted in order to continue on with the next phase of the essay.
Word/Phrase That will Lend Itself into a
Larger Discussion:
Big
Topic/Analysis that you will Pivot Into & Examine: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Former Senior AP
Student Example (not great, but pretty good)
This
is an Essay, Obviously
I have similar feelings about garlic and the
word obviously — both are wonderful
in moderation. Use too much of either however, and your speech, like garlic
laden breath, is intolerable and repulsive. The excess use of the word obviously in the everyday vernacular found
in many Americans is making our language conceited, pretentious, and more
annoying than ever before.
In
a weak attempt to sound intelligent, many people use the word obviously as a space-filler or to
make them sound more educated, instead of saying “um” or “like” while they try
to gather their thoughts. The word obviously
is used fairly often, yet there are very few situations where the word obviously is applicable, such as when
something is actually “obviously” easy to understand. However, this rampant and
unruly use of the term obviously is
not only annoying, but it also leads to the defilement of the word’s meaning.
The
competition to sound intelligent is magnified with social arenas like Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram and other social media monsters, making it easy for people
to spread their ideas, and more importantly their opinions. Now, our culture is always connected, with
people seemingly constantly trying to outduel each other with put-downs or
intellectual posturing. Opinions are
voiced excessively and often in a competitive manner, as people try to assert
their intellectual superiority over one another. A common way to ensure that your opinions
sound smarter than someone else’s is to simply try to diminish their opinions. Obviously is usually a pawn in this
game. While talking to a friend a few days ago, I asked her how she liked the
movie adaptation of the young adult book
Divergent. Her response was, rashly,
“You obviously didn’t read the books
if you liked the movie.” By adding that
“obviously” to her sentence, the whole tone of our conversation shifted from
informative to condescending. She made
it be known that she was truly the authority of the books series, and that
anyone who disagreed with her obviously
didn’t know what they were talking about.
This only highlights the trend that in this day and age people think
that the only opinions that matter are their own. It is sad that people think that only their
ideals are the correct ones.
Like
the amount of garlic that my grandmother uses while cooking the traditional
Ukrainian dinner during Christmas, the word obviously
is immensely overused. And while you are
forced to grow accustomed to them, you know in your heart that everyone would be
better off without the surplus use of either of them. In part due to people’s desire and in part
due to ignorance about the word’s actual meaning, the word obviously has lost
all of its true meaning. Obviously.
Professional
Example # 1
I Am Not Adorable, So Please
Stop Calling Me That
Ann
BrenoffSenior
Writer/Columnist, The Huffington Post
There’s lots of discussion these days about
what to call people as they grow older. Nobody likes “elderly”; “senior” and
“senior citizen” are a scant improvement over “elderly”; and we can argue til
the cows come home exactly what “older person” means. I’m fine with using my
actual age as a descriptor. I’m a “64-year-old.” Period.
What I’m not fine with is being called
“adorable.”
Spending a good deal of my day online, I see
people my age and older being called “adorable” all the time. “Adorable” is a
word that is best applied to babies and puppies. To my ear, it’s a diminishment
of what I’ve accomplished, and doesn’t show the respect for my age and
experience that I would prefer you show me. Granted, I’m not one of those
grandparents who dances on YouTube, but still, I’ve been called “adorable” for
making something as simple as a kind gesture to someone younger.
To wit, I recently made a special dish for a
friend’s daughter and she thanked me by shrieking how “adorable” I was for
doing this.
A simple “Thanks. This was so nice of you!”
would have felt better to me. Instead of just thanking me she praised my
behavior. She might as well have told me that I did a “good job” in her best
kindergarten teacher’s voice.
Sure there are worse things people can say.
And certainly worse things people could do. No, this isn’t world peace we’re
talking about here. More like generational peace. With maybe only me.
I get that younger people use “adorable” when
they think something is sweet. So, yeah, grandparents dancing like nobody is
watching (except the person who will record it and post it to YouTube with the
title “These Adorable Grandparents Will Warm Your Heart” ) and boom! It goes
viral.
Who even knows if they are actually
grandparents? Not everyone over 60 is, you know. As for the dancing fools, why
not just leave them be? They are having fun, probably could care less what the
Internet thinks, and most likely fought in wars for our freedom or did
something else that deserves more respect than to be called “adorable.”
“Adorable” is nothing more or less than just
one of those terms that Millennials overuse. I asked a bunch of friends my age
whether they minded being called “adorable” and I admit that I appear to be
standing alone out on this limb.
So given that this is likely just me, how
about we just title this piece “An Adorable Writer Must Be Having A Slow News
Day.”
For a 2000 paper titled “Actually and other markers of an apparent
discrepancy between propositional attitudes of conversational partners,”
linguists Sara Smith and Andreas Jucker studied the conversational use of the
word actually among friends and strangers at the University of
California Long Beach. The researchers wanted to better understand “discourse
markers”: words or phrases that help organize our speech and writing, but which
aren’t essential to a sentence’s meaning.
Examples of discourse
markers includewell, nonetheless, like, basically, I
mean, okay. But Smith and Jucker were primarily interested
in actually, and in ten hours of recorded conversations among
students they counted 78 uses of the word as a discourse marker. Smith, a professor
of linguistics at UCLB, said she and her colleague presumed actually would
be used to disprove facts, but instead the speakers most often used the word to
discount attitudes or opinions.
Whereas basically and well are
relatively harmless tics that crowd our sentences, actually has
an attitude. Consider this recent headline from Business Insider: “Women in Tech Actually Don’t Get
Paid Less Than Men.” Or Maureen Dowd’s defense of Barack Obama after Sarah Palin accused him of “wearing
mom jeans”: “Actually, the jeans the president wore in the Oval Office, talking
to Putin on the phone last weekend, looked good.”
Especially on the
internet, a platform where everyone is trying to stake an intellectual claim in
comments sections or on Twitter, actually often expresses a
very specific attitude: condescension. Salon contributor Roxane Gay, a writing professor at
Eastern Illinois University, told me in an email, “When people use the
word actually in many contexts, they are implying that they
have exclusive access to a font of incontrovertible knowledge. When they actually you,
they are offering you a gift.”
To find an example, Gay
needs look no further than the comments on her own articles. In a recent piece about the sexual abuse allegations against Woody Allen,
commenter Rrhain wrote, “Mia actually encouraged the two to spend time together
when Soon-Yi was an adult. What other facts are you unaware of?” Asked who is
fond of actuallying her, Gay said that it’s “mostly men who are
deeply passionate about ‘truth’ and ‘fairness’ and justice’.”
Uttering (or
typing) actually at another person in pursuit of truth,
fairness, and justice is a relatively new phenomenon. Google’s Ngram Viewer,
which charts the historical use of words and phrases in books, shows that
printed use of actually has climbed steadily over the last two centuries. There’s a caveat: this includes
all uses of the word, not just in the grammatical instances being discussed
here. But consider that its more pointed counterpart, well actually –
which is most often used in such instances – has seen an extreme rise since the 1980s.
Examples of discourse
markers includewell, nonetheless, like, basically, I
mean, okay. But Smith and Jucker were primarily interested
in actually, and in ten hours of recorded conversations among
students they counted 78 uses of the word as a discourse marker. Smith, a
professor of linguistics at UCLB, said she and her colleague presumed actually would
be used to disprove facts, but instead the speakers most often used the word to
discount attitudes or opinions.
Studies show that
younger people are far more likely to use actually. From 2003-2004,
linguist Cathleen Waters weighed data from a 1.7 million-word corpus of spoken
English from Toronto, Canada, and found a steady increase in the word as age
decreases. With the information collected from sociolinguistic interviews with
115 speakers, Waters published a 2008 paper called “Actually, it’s
more than pragmatics, it’s really grammaticalisation.” She found that the median rate of the use of actually among
speakers ages 70-92 was 0.4 times per 1,000 words. In contrast, it was more
than 1.5 times per 1,000 words for those between 18-39.
According to Waters,
speakers between the ages of 18-30 use actually at an even
higher rate than the 18-39 age group: an average rate of 2.24 occurrences per
1,000 words. Waters believes this is because actually has
replaced older phrases like indeed and in fact through
a gradual linguistic process called grammaticalisation, wherein once-novel words become part of a speaker’s register.
The Ngram Viewer backs up that argument:
Actually’s popularity seems only to have increased since 2008, when
Waters’ essay was published. It’s become especially popular in partisan battles
over issues ranging from Obamacare to gun control. “I think the term actually is
thought to be [used by] a group that trolls Twitter as fact-checkers, but in
fact that’s not always the way it’s used,” said Kira Hall, professor of
Linguistics and Anthropology at University of Colorado Boulder. “And if it is,
fact-checking is happening from conservative to liberal stances as well as from
liberal to conservative stances.” Consider this Slate headline from earlier
this year: “Actually, Electric Cars Are good
for the planet.” Or this one
from The Weekly Standard: “Actually, Hamas Killed
the Palestinian Baby.” Or this one
from The New Republic: “Actually, You Can’t Just
‘Restore’ Cancelled Health Plans.”
The use of actually has
become so common, in fact, that it has become the source of humor and satire.
Usage varies, but tweets bearing the hashtag #actually often aren’t factual challenges but rather jokes about the
petty overuse of the word itself. The #WellActually hashtag, meanwhile, serves a different purpose: to mock or
criticise Twitter users who are fond of using “Well, actually…” in picking
fights.
Well, Kate Losse, here’s
your thinkpiece – and it’s as good a sign as any that it’s time to retire actually.
The word has become so ubiquitous, and so abused, that its use barely registers
a sting anymore. Before long, like literallybefore it, actually may
lose its meaning altogether. Jessica Luther, a writer and prolific Twitter user whose
position on reproductive rights has drawn quite a few actuallys,
summed it perfectly for me: “It’s one of those words you see and you know
you’re not going anywhere productive afterwards.”
Read Act 1 of Pygmalion for homework
Friday, September 23, 2016
This is a tale of misogyny, obsession, and love. It is the story of a phenomenally talented artist, a stunningly beautiful statue of a woman, and a goddess, Venus, who makes their union possible. It warns us of the dangers of putting our loved ones "on a pedestal", and depriving them of their humanity, love's critical ingredient.
PYGMALION AND GALATEA from Mythology by Edith Hamilton
This story is told only by Ovid and the Goddess of Love is therefore Venus. It is an excellent example of Ovid's way of dressing up a myth, for which see the Introduction.
A gifted young sculptor of Cyprus, named Pygmalion, was a woman-hater. Detesting the faults beyond measure which nature has given to women, he resolved never to marry. His art, he told himself, was enough for him. Nevertheless, the statue he made and devoted all his genius to was that of a woman. Either he could not dismiss what he so disapproved of from his mind as easily as from his life, or else he was bent on forming a perfect woman and showing men the deficiencies of the kind they had to put up with.
However that was, he labored long and devotedly on the statue and produced a most exquisite work of art. But lovely as it was he could not rest content. He kept on working at it and daily under his skillful fingers it grew more beautiful. No woman· ever born, no statue ever made, could approach it. When nothing could be added to its perfections, a strange fate had befallen its creator: he had fallen in love, deeply, passionately in love, with the thing he had made. It must be said in explanation that the statue did not look like a statue; no one would have thought it was ivory or stone, but warm human flesh, motionless for a moment only. Such was the wondrous power of this disdainful young man. The supreme achievement of art was his, the art of concealing art.
But from that time on, the sex he scorned had their revenge.
No hopeless lover of a living maiden was ever so desperately unhappy as Pygmalion. He kissed those enticing lips—they could not kiss him back; he caressed her hands, her face—they were unresponsive; he took her in his arms—she remained a cold and passive form. For a time he tried to pretend, as children do with their toys. He would dress her in rich robes, trying the effect of one delicate or glowing color after another, and imagine she was pleased. He would bring her the gifts real maiden’s love, little birds and gay flowers and the shining tears of amber Phaethon's sisters weep, and then dream that she thanked him with eager affection. He put her to bed at night, and tucked her in all soft and warm, as little girls do their dolls. But he was not a child; he could not keep on pretending. In the end he gave up. He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
This singular passion did not long remain concealed from the Goddess of Passionate Love. Venus was interested in something that seldom came her way, a new kind of lover, and she determined to help a young man who could be enamored and yet original.
The feast day of Venus was, of course, especially honored in Cyprus, the island which first received the goddess after she rose from the foam. Snow-white heifers whose horns had been gilded were offered in numbers to her; the heavenly odor of incense was spread through the island from her many altars; crowds thronged her temples; not an unhappy lover but was there with his gift, praying that his love might turn kind. There too, of course, was Pygmalion. He dared to ask the goddess only that he might find a maiden like his statue, but Venus knew what he really wanted and as a sign that she favored his prayer the flame on the altar he stood before leaped up three times, blazing into the air.
Very thoughtful at this good omen Pygmalion sought his house and his love, the thing he had created and given his heart to. There she stood on her pedestal, entrancingly beautiful. He caressed her and then he started back. Was it self-deception or did she really feel warm to his touch? He kissed her lips, a long lingering kiss, and felt them grow soft beneath his. He touched her arms, her shoulders; their hardness vanished. It was like watching wax soften in the sun. He clasped her wrist; blood was pulsing there. Venus, he thought. This is the goddess’s doing. And with unutterable gratitude and joy he put his arms around his love and saw her smile into his eyes and blush.
Venus herself graced their marriage with her presence, but what happened after that we do not know, except that Pygmalion named the maiden Galatea, and that their son, Paphos, gave his name to Venus' favorite city.
One man, Pygmalion, who had seen these women Leading their lives, shocked at the vices Nature has given the female disposition Only too often, chose to live alone, To have no woman in his bed. But meanwhile He made, with marvelous art, an ivory statue, As white as snow, and gave it greater beauty Than any girl could have, and fell in love With his own workmanship. The image seemed That of a virgin, truly, almost living, And willing, save that modesty prevented, To take on movement. The best art, they say, Is that which conceals art, and so Pygmalion Marvels, and loves the body he has fashioned. He would often move his hands to test and touch It, Could this be flesh, or was it ivory only? No, it could not be ivory. His kisses, He fancies, she returns; he speaks to her, Holds her, believes his fingers almost leave An imprint on her limbs, and fears to bruise her. He pays her compliments, and brings her presents Such as girls love, smooth pebbles, winding shells, Little pet birds, flowers with a thousand colors, Lilies, and painted balls, and lumps of amber. He decks her limbs with dresses, and her fingers Wear rings which he puts on, and he brings a necklace, And earrings, and a ribbon for her bosom, And all of these become her, but she seems Even more lovely naked, and he spreads A crimson coverlet for her to lie on, Takes her to bed, puts a soft pillow under Her head, as if she felt it, calls her Darling,
My darling love! "And Venus' holiday Came round, and all the people of the island Were holding festival, and snow-white heifers, Their horns all tipped with gold, stood at the altars, Where incense burned, and, timidly, Pygmalion Made offering, and prayed: 'If you can give All things, O gods, I pray my wife may be— (He almost said, My ivory girl, but dared not)— One like my ivory girl' And golden Venus Was there, and understood the prayer's intention, And showed her presence, with the bright flame leaping Thrice on the altar, and Pygmalion came Back where the maiden lay, and lay beside her, And kissed her, and she seemed to glow, and kissed her, And stroked her breast, and felt the ivory soften Under his fingers, as wax grows soft in sunshine, Made pliable by handling. And Pygmalion Wonders, and doubts, is dubious and happy, Plays lover again, and over and over touches The body with his hand. It is a body! The veins throb under the thumb. And oh, Pygmalion Is lavish in his prayer and praise to Venus, No words are good enough. The lips he kisses Are real indeed, the ivory girl can feel them, And blushes and responds, and the eyes open At once on lover and heaven, and Venus blesses The marriage she has made. The crescent moon Fills to full orb, nine times, and wanes again, And then a daughter is born, a girl named Paphos, From whom the island later takes its name. [Book 10]
On PowerPoint or similar computer slide program, show students a collection of
paintings and sculptures that depict Pygmalion and Galatea. As each piece is shown,
ask students to draw a thumbnail sketch for their notes, and then write a brief
description and a brief analysis. After the viewing is complete, ask students to reflect
on the works as a whole. Do they share any patterns in style, subject matter, or
theme? Discuss the relationship between the artist and his creation. A collection of
Connotation Dentotation What slang exists in the language of texting? How are abbreviation and code words used to indicate ideas with words or acronyms that are different from standard academic English or the English of a news station like CNN? Provide examples. Identify and respectfully give names to different types of English spoken in your home, neighborhood, and school. What are the strengths and rhetorical features of each? Which types employ more figurative language, such as creative expressions, use of metaphor, imagery, simile? Give examples of slang (language use particular to that form of English) from that type of English. Does this type of English rely at all on verbal intonations and pronunciation (specific forms of delivery and pronunciation) to convey tone and meaning? Provide an example to your partner. Do any of the types of English around you employ sarcasm, irony, satire or some other form of humor? Which types of spoken and written English rely rely on more literal/denotative versions of Enlgish? What are the strengths and limitations of those types of English? What types of associations (including unfair or ignorant ones) do people make about the different types of English spoken at school or in your neighborhood or homes? What prejudices or misunderstandings surround certain types of English (think about Amy Tan's essay for examples to get you started).
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
In the textbook, Chapter 10: Language, read pages 699 -704 (which includes Mother Tongue by Amy Tan) and discuss discussion #'s 2, 3, 4, 5 in your regular notebook HW: In your Composition Notebook, Next, tonight let's work on Rhetoric Styles Questions # 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Discuss Magna-Soles essays 2 and 3 Do Self-Assessment sheet In the textbook, Chapter 10: Language, read pages 699 -704 (which includes Mother Tongue by Amy Tan) and do questions for discussion #'s 2, 3, 4, 5 in your regular notebook
Monday, September 19, 2016
Did anyone not yet take the JFK quiz?
Hand back JFK quizzes...For any question you missed, you may gain points back by writing out the definition and then providing an example from the JFK speech or another source and an explanation of why that is an example of this term. Due Wednesday. Term: Definition: Example: Explanation of why this sentence(s) is an example of the term: I apologize, but it will take me the rest of this week to get your college essays back to you. Starting tomorrow, I will try to hand back about 7 per day.
Take out materials - MagnaSoles prompt and passage, AP rubric, AP student essay examples. Read essay 1, 2, and 3 quickly and independently, perhaps making a few notes about the quality of each, and the score yo might give them. (10 mins)
First essay...In your composition book this weekend you were supposed to have written down at least 6 lines from this esssay, so you should be fairly well acquainted with it. So, beginning with the first student essay, discuss with your partner what score (1 through 9) you think it deserves deserves and why. With your partner, write a paragraph (5 to 7 sentences) explaining the grade you gave to each. (10 mins)...
Group discussion of essay # 1 and share one AP writer's score...
Repeat process for essays 2 and 3
Hand back their essays
Homework: Evaluate the last essay, giving it a score and a paragraph explanation of your score. Do the same thing for your essay: give it a score and write a paragraph explanation of it. Tomorrow: Do Self-Assessments and Pygmalion pre-reading (bring Pygmalion)
Take
Friday, September 16, 2016
Observation Nation: What's new in the room? Terry the T-Rex puppet Finish reading The Onion prompt, one or two paragraphs at a time... Pause to discuss the details that clue you in that the article is funny, that it's a parody Discuss treatments from the Occident and Orient (herbal remedies)... Review the AP rubric... Begin reading essay # 2A HW: In your How to Speak Rhetoric composition notebook...Finish reading essay 2A (the one at the top of the packet), and write down (literally copy them word-for-word) six or more sentences which you feel are both perceptive and articulate/well-written.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Take JFK rhetoric quiz How to Speak Rhetoric...Please take out your composition notebooks. Keep a running log of... - Terms with definitions - Sentences that use the rhetorical terms...always clearly underline rhetorical terms so you can find them easily
The rhetoric of satire and parody...
Absurdity Hyperbole Mimicry Hyperbolic mimicry A grain of possibility exaggerated to the point of absurdity Selection of Detail Diction Magna Soles Review Read the prompt and the essay again; then read the rubric.
Parody Definition
Parody is an imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect. The humorous effect in parody is achieved by imitating and overstressing noticeable features of a famous piece of literature, as in caricatures, where certain peculiarities of a person are highlighted to achieve a humorous effect.
Parody mimics a subject directly to produce a comical effect. Satire, on the other hand, makes fun of a subject without a direct imitation. Moreover, satire aims at correcting shortcomings in society by criticizing them.
Parody Examples in Everyday Life
Example #1
In our daily watching of television, we may see extremely hilarious examples of parody which are shows that blend parody and satire. “The Daily Show”, “The Colbert Report”, and “The Larry Sanders Show” are renowned and these shows mimic famous political personalities and this allows them to target what they think are unintelligent political and social viewpoints.
Example #2
Parody has entered our day-to-day life through hilarious parody movies that mimic famous blockbusters. “Vampire Sucks” parodies and pokes fun at “Twilight” which was a film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s novel “Twilight”.
Satire Definition
Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles. A writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people, to expose and condemn their corruption.
A writer may point a satire toward a person, a country or even the entire world. Usually, a satire is a comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or a society to expose its stupidity and shortcomings. In addition, he hopes that those he criticizes will improve their characters by overcoming their weaknesses.
Satire and Irony
Satire and irony are interlinked. Irony is the difference between what is said or done and what is actually meant. Therefore, writers frequently employ satire to point at the dishonesty and silliness of individuals and society and criticize them by ridiculing them.
Examples of Satire in Everyday Life
Most political cartoons which we witness every day in newspapers and magazines are examples of satire. These cartoons criticize some recent actions of political figures in a comical way.
Some shows on television are satire examples like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and The Larry Sanders Show. These shows claim to target what they think are stupid political and social viewpoints.
Let us see a sample of Stephen Colbert’s social satire:
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don’t want to do it.”
Review the packet
Absurdity Hyperbole Burlesque Discuss techniques Satirical Rhetoric is a literary device used in literature, art, media, speech, and music to ridicule various aspects of popular culture, most commonly a political topic, in order to draw attention to social or cultural criticism and bring about change, and/or improvement. Satirical rhetoric mocks the judicial authority by emphasizing the flaws, instability, and unrealistic demands.
Let's watch the JFK speech and then review questions 8-13. Quiz tomorrow on the rhetorical terms already mentioned. Know the definitions of each term and be familiar with examples of the terms from JFK's speech.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Working independently, read Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (69-72). Answer questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (look up subordinate clause on your phone if needed) in your notebook/three-ring binder.
Tomorrow we will go over the Kennedy work you did today/tonight. September 12Zeugma Examples of Zeugma Let's review answers to question 2, 4, 5-7. Homework: Write answers to questions 1, 8-13 in your composition notebook. An example of rhetorical analysis in an opinion essay:
Thursday (15 points). Know the following terms for the quiz: alliteration allusions archaic dictionanaphora parallelismimperative sentence cumulative sentence periodic sentence antithesis zeugma rhetorical questionhortative sentence personification ethos pathos
Monday, September 12, 2016
September 12 Have students get into their small groups and discuss their candidate's comment...not all presenters discussed their comments.
For the remainder of class and/or homework
Working independently, read Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (69-72). Answer questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (look up subordinate clause on your phone if needed) in your notebook/three-ring binder.
Tomorrow we will go over the Kennedy work you did today/tonight. September 12 Zeugma Examples of Zeugma Let's review answers to question 2, 4, 5-7. Work on questions 9-13. An example of rhetorical analysis in an opinion essay:
