Keenan HancockMs. Curtis

AP English/ Period 29 September 2011

A system of logic in which a major and a minor premise leads to a sound conclusion.

Example: All men are mortal. Socrates is a man.

Therefore, Socrates is mortal. Animals in the ocean swim. A dolphin

is an animal in the ocean. Therefore, dolphins swim.

People in California are happy. Some people live in California. Therefore some people are happy.

An object, action, character, or scene that represents an idea that is more complex made up of natural, literary, and conventional symbols.

Example: The Guns from Their Eyes Were Watching God symbolize

masculinity in the way that they are used to assert power, they also represent destruction by too much power.

In The Old Man and the Sea the sharks symbolize the struggles of life taking away what you have hard earned.

In Fahrenheit 451 the burning books symbolize the censorship in the future of humanity.

A figure of speech in which it represents a smaller peace of a whole, and the whole represents a bigger picture.

Example: 9/11 All hands on deck The bad economy could make a

difference if you are looking for a new set of wheels

When a sense evokes a subjective experience of another.

Examples: He could smell fear She saw he was lying The sweet music played

When author chooses to join words, phrases and clauses, it is a group of words.

Examples: The man with the big green hat fell down the stairs

on to the hard concrete. The girl with the red skirt jumped out the window

and ran to her friends. The little dog with the small tale jumped on the sofa

and then laid down

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Del Ray, 1978. print.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: Harper Perennial, 2006. print .

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner, 2003. print.

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