Slide 1Using Formal and Informal Language Appropriately Slide 2 Everyday life is not like a Grey Poupon Commercial… Most of us remember the Grey Poupon commercials of the…

Slide 1What are Rhetorical Strategies? Slide 2 What is rhetoric? And why bother studying it? the art of effective expression (speaking & writing) and the persuasive use…

Slide 1 Queen Elizabeth I Slide 2 Like Queen Elizabeth’s other poems in this section, this poem deals with the restrictions and responsibilities of her life, especially…

Slide 1 3 Subject Spiral Write today’s date and these sentences: 1. andrew johnson became president after the assassination of abraham lincoln 2. like lincoln he had grown…

Slide 1 Analysis of Diction and Syntax Close reading strategy Slide 2 What is diction? In all forms of literature authors choose particular words to convey effect and meaning…

Slide 1 POETRY DAY 1 Slide 2 Bell Ringer Imagine that someone was verbally attacking someone you strongly admired. What would be your verbal defense? ◦ You MUST respond…

Slide 1 Epics: Stories on a Grand Scale THEN NOW Slide 2 Epics: Stories on a Grand Scale THEN NOW Slide 3 Epics: Stories on a Grand Scale THEN NOW Slide 4 Archetypes: Always…

Slide 1 Introducing the Myth Literary Skills Focus: Myths and Heroes Reading Skills Focus: Analyzing Historical Context TechFocus Writing Skills Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer…

Slide 1 Epics and Epic Heroes Slide 2 What is an Epic? Epic Epic – a long narrative piece that celebrates a hero’s deeds. Oral in tradition, dating back to preliterate…

Beowulf Origins of a Nation Early Britain inhabited by Celts, also known as Britons Discovered by the Romans, led by Julius Caesar in 55 BC 100 years later Roman army returned…