Bell Work

In your own words, what does “coming of age” mean?

Write your definition at the bottom of pg. 6 in your Springboard Book.

Voice

A writer’s (or speaker’s) distinctive use of language.

Can include diction, syntax, and imagery

Diction Word choice intended to convey a certain

effect. Example:

-You CAN clean your room!

-You MIGHT want to clean your room!

-You WILL clean your room!

Syntax The arrangement of words and order of

grammatical elements in a sentence The way a writer puts words together to make

meaningful elements, such as phrases and clauses

Greek prefix syn=together Rook tax=arrangement or order Examples: synthesis, synonym, taxidermy

Imagery The words or phrases a writer uses to

represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses

Tone A writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the

subject. Tone is conveyed through the writer’s choice of words and details.

Example: “Don’t use that tone with me!”

Bell Work-Activity 1.3

Write your full name at the top of a sheet of paper in your composition

book. Write about your name. What does it mean? Why was that name chosen? Would you change your

name if you could?

Compound Complex Sentence A sentence that has two or more independent

clauses and one or more subordinate clauses Example: I was my parents’ first joy, and in

their joy, they gave me the name that would haunt me for the rest of my life, Immaculeta Uzoma Achilike.

Direct Quotation-represents a person’s exact words

-are enclosed in quotation marks

-Example: Then she asked me, “Immaculeta Ulzama Achilike, do you know what your name means?”

Indirect Quotation Restates the general meaning of what a person

said Quotation marks are not used Example: She asked whether I knew what my

name means.

Bell Work 1.8

What does the title “Cut” make you think about? What do you predict this text will be about?

Protagonist-main character who initiates actions that move

the plot along

-Greek prefix proto-first

-Greek root agon-contest or struggle

-Example: Prototype, protocol

Simile

-comparison of two different things or ideas

-uses like or as

Hyperbole

-Deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration.

-Serious or comic relief

Prose-ordinary written or spoken language

-uses sentences and paragraphs

-without deliberate or regular meter or rhyme

-not poetry, drama or song

Point of View-refers to the perspective from which a narrative

is told

-1st person-I

-2nd person-You

-3rd person-he, she

Periodic Sentence One that makes sense fully only when the

reader reaches the end of the sentence -emphasizes the idea in the main clause by

making the reader wait for it -Example: Then, as the last couple of weeks

of school dragged on, the city of Paterson becoming a concrete oven, we labored like frantic Roman slaves to build a banquet hall.

Cumulative Sentence One that makes complete sense if brought to

close before it’s actual ending Example: Her “senator” looked

uncomfortable, glancing around at his buddies, perhaps waiting for the ridicule that he would surely get in the locker room later.

Balanced Sentence -ideas of similar weight are expressed in

similar grammatical structures or lengths. Example: …I read and understood Camus’

statement about the subject: if love were easy, life would be too simple.

Bandwagon Advertisers make it seem as if everyone is

buying this product, so you better buy too “The best car of the year is here…all your

friends and neighbors are driving one…” How does this make you feel if you don’t

own the car?

Avant-garde The reverse of bandwagon Makes the product seem so new, you’ll want

to be the first to own it Example: ???

Testimonials Celebrities used to endorse products Pay Attention-sometimes the celebrity never

says they use the product

Transfer Pay attention to the background Transfers what is important to all to the ad Example: politicians and their families, flags,

etc.

Bell Work

Silently re-read page 73 in your Springboard book. Highlight important information while

you read.

Rhetorical Appeals

Emotional, ethical, and logical appeals used to try to persuade an audience to agree with the writer or speaker.

-Pathos, Ethos, Logos

Pathos Def: appeals to the reader’s or listener's

senses or emotions Root word: path: which means suffering Example: pathetic , empathy, sympathy

Ethos Focuses on the character or qualifications of

the speaker. Appeals to someone’s ethics.

Logos Attempt to persuade readers or listeners by

leading them down the road of logic and causing them to come to their own conclusions.