Mar 12
Agenda:
- 15 minutes of Silent Reading with memoirs
- Time to work on Satirical Cartoon/Presentations
- Introduce A Modest Proposal- Groups of no larger than 3 or solo
- Short Answer questions:
- For each of the classic appeals (ethos, pathos, logos), indicate one example from the first 8 paragraphs. Which one is the speaker’s primary appeal?
- Indicate Swift’s motivational appeals, specifically those to thrift, economy, and patriotism.
- Identify the counterargument that the speaker anticipates in paragraph 19.
- Explain what Swift suggests as “expedients” in paragraphs 29-31. What do these “expedients” infer?
- Find any examples of the following:
- Hyperbole- A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration Ex. “I’ve told you a million times not to do that.”
- Invective- insulting or abusive language used to express blame or severe disapproval. (Ex. 1 Bessie Braddock, to Winston Churchill: “Sir, you are drunk.” Churchill: “And you, Bessie, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning, and you will still be ugly.” Ex. 2 William Faulkner, speaking about Ernest Hemingway: “He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”)
- Inversion-A reversal of order, form, or another relationship Ex. We know Oliver is smart because he always scores in the bottom 10 percent on his standardized tests.
- Irony- A literary device where what is stated is often the opposite of what is meant Ex. “It’s really unfair of me to engage you in a battle of wits when you’re only half armed.”
- Sarcasm- Sneering disapproval often expressed as praise; i.e., someone who falls may be praised for his gracefulness Ex. When the nervous freshman dropped his lunch tray, the seniors at a nearby table gave him a standing ovation and yelled, “Way to go, Grace.”
- Understatement- Speech that deliberately minimizes a situation, often for comic effect
