Transcript Diction - Tomhave ELA 9 & AP Language

The importance of syntax…
DEAR JOHN,
I WANT A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS ALL
ABOUT YOU ARE GENEROUS KIND THOUGHTFUL
PEOPLE WHO ARE NIT LIKE YOU ADMIT TO BEING
USELESS AND INFERIOR YOU HAVE RUINED ME FOR
OTHER MEN I YEARN FOR YOU I HAVE NO FEELINGS
WHATSOEVER WHEN WE’RE APART I CAN BE FOREVER
HAPPY WILL YOU
LET ME BE YOURS
GLORIA
The importance of syntax…
DEAR JOHN,
I WANT A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS ALL
ABOUT YOU ARE GENEROUS KIND THOUGHTFUL
PEOPLE WHO ARE NIT LIKE YOU ADMIT TO BEING
USELESS AND INFERIOR YOU HAVE RUINED ME FOR
OTHER MEN I YEARN FOR YOU I HAVE NO FEELINGS
WHATSOEVER WHEN WE’RE APART I CAN BE FOREVER
HAPPY WILL YOU
LET ME BE YOURS
GLORIA
Diction
Trope:
“artful diction”
Figures of Speech:
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Choice of
words
Important words:
general vs. abstract
specific vs. concrete
formal vs. informal
slang vs. colloquial
non-literal vs. literal
Diction
“America Needs
its Nerds”
“Shooting an
Elephant”
“Shame”
Syntax
Scheme:
“artful syntax”
Parallelism
Juxtaposition
Antithesis
Sentence length
Types of
sentences
Arrangement
of words
Order of the parts of a sentence
Prominent parts of speech
Periodic or Cumulative sent.
How does the sentences connect
its words, phrases & clauses?
Syntax
“America Needs
its Nerds”
“Shooting an
Elephant”
“Shame”