Working with Diction

1. Working with Diction Consider: The man sighed hugely. (E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News) Discuss: 1) What does it mean to sigh hugely? 2) How would the meaning of the sentence change if we rewrote it as : The man sighed loudly? Apply: List adverbs to express how the man coughed. The man coughed ________________________

2. Meaning: 30-15-10 List Examples: Usable Edibile Suffix: -able -ible Class Examples: Visual/Memory Clue

3. Meaning: Meaning: Examples: Amplify Villify Examples: Competitor Senator Suffix: -er -or Suffix: -fy Class Examples: Class Examples: Visual/Memory Clue Visual/Memory Clue

4. Meaning: Meaning: Examples: Pacifist Feminist Examples: Racism Rationalism Suffix: -ism Suffix: -ist Class Examples: Class Examples: Visual/Memory Clue Visual/Memory Clue

5. AP MC Test • Compare & Discuss answers • Record “new” discussed answers on answer sheet given today • Score both (your original & the new discussed) • Access your strengths and weaknesses

6. AP Test Strengths & Weaknesses Strengths Weaknesses

7. Working with Diction II Consider: A rowan* like a lipsticked girl. (Seamus Heaney, “Song,” Field Work) * a small tree with white flower clusters & orange berries. Discuss: 1) Other than color, what comes to mind when you think of alipstickedgirl? 2) How would it change the meaning and feeling of the line if, instead of lipsticked girl, the author wrote girl with lipstick on? Apply: Create a simile comparing a tree to an animal. In your simile, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as an adjective (like lipsticked).

8. The Glass Castle • Part 5 Due tomorrow • Share Scene Swaps tomorrow • Socratic-type discussion of the novel tomorrow End of the hour: • Develop three open ended questions about any aspect of the novel. • Record on Index Card

9. Working with Syntax Consider: The seven years’ difference in our ages lay between us like a chasm: I wondered if these years would ever operate between us as a bridge. (James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”) . Discuss: 1) What function does the colon serve in the sentence? 2) How would the meaning and the impact of the sentence change if the sentence read as follows: The seven years’ difference in our ages lay between us like a chasm, and I wondered if these years would ever operate between us as a bridge. Apply: Write two independent clauses; join the two with a colon, giving emphasis to the IC that follows the colon. Use Baldwin’s sentence as a model.

10. The Glass Castle • Part 5 Due • Share Scene Swaps • Socratic-type discussion of the novel

11. Working with Tone Consider: Look over the grid below and with a partner, say each “right” out loud, emphasizing the attitude each suggests. . Apply: with your partner, create a similar chart, but for a different word that can have the same conveyance of attitude. . Remember: Tone is more than what is said, it’s how it is said. We create tone in writing through the elements of voice: Diction, Imagery, Detail, Syntax… .

12. The Glass Castle Intro Rhetorical Precis: Speaker, Occasion, & Subject 1) (Writer’s Credentials), (writer’s first and last name), in his/her (type of text), (title of text), (strong verb), (writer’s subject). Purpose (Writer’s last name)’s purpose is to (what the writer does in the text). Audience 3) He/she adopts a (adjective describing the attitude/feeling conveyed by the writer) tone in order to (verb phrase describing what the writer wants reader to do/think) in his/her (intended audience).

13. The Glass Castle RA: Divide & Conquer Get out your work from The Glass Castle parts 1-5 Count off by 5’s (you will be working alone) 1’s = Write the 1st body paragraph about part 1 & DIDST grid 2’s = Write the 2nd body paragraph about part 2 & DIDST grid 3’s = Write the 3rd body paragraph about part 3 & DIDST grid 4’s = Write the 4th body paragraph about part 4 & DIDST grid 5’s = Write the 5th body paragraph about part 5

14. The Glass Castle body paragraph(s): 1) Sentence one: Identify section of text & main idea of section (Writer’s last name) (transition word) his/her (type of text) by (strong verb) that (main idea of that section). 2) Sentence two: Conveys the writer’s support for the main idea by identifying and providing a specific example for one rhetorical strategy used by the writer. (Repeat if you want to discuss more than one rhetorical strategy) 3) Sentence three: Explains how the rhetorical strategies you discussed in the previous sentences help the writer achieve his purpose by using and in order to statement. 4) Sentence four: Identifies the effect of the writer’s use of these rhetorical strategies on the audience.

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16. The Glass Castle: Class RA • Go over the selected sample paragraphs for each section of TGC • Circle the “best” of each section; discuss • Copy & paste “Essay” (intro & all 5 body para’s) FINALLY: Write the conclusion (follow template) & turn-in

17. The Glass Castle Conclusion: 1) Sentence one: Briefly restate your main argument (Writer’s Credentials), (writer’s first and last name), in his/her (type of text), (title of text), (strong verb), (writer’s subject) in order to (purpose) (effect on audience). 2) Sentence two: How the rhetorical choices of the author influence the delivery of the message. (Writer’s last name) use of (rhetorical strategies) allows him/her to (adverb)(strong verb) (the message/purpose). Sentence three: Why it matters/real world indications/underlying message.