Vocabulary: Tone word Grammar: Pronouns Scoring Rubric and Graph Review Timed Rhetorical Analysis Quiz on Miller’s The

Crucible Assign homework

By the end of class today, we will analyze how an author shifts the tone and argument of a speaker to meet his or her rhetorical purpose.

APOLOGETIC (adj.)

What does this word mean, especially if you know what it means to apologize to someone?

When would an author choose to use this tone? To achieve what purpose?Or to write in which form or genre?

Submit your homework to the tray.

We know that pronouns replace or reference nouns. ANTECEDENT – the noun that the pronoun replaces or

references (You will see this word on the AP exam!!!)Examples:

When Sylvia saw the puppies, she called to them, and they ran to her.

My roommate lost her keys. The cat sunned itself. Everybody screamed! You should read those magazines. Who will stay after school for help? The principal, who hires the teachers, also disciplines

students.

Pronouns should agree with (or match) their antecedents in number and gender.

1. The girl felt proud of itself.

1. Each student has their own textbook.

1. Everyone loves his free time.

1. One of the actresses forgot their lines.

1. The car went over the bridge just before it fell into the water.

Pronouns should also agree with (or match) their antecedents in reference to people versus objects.

Who/Whom reference people, That/Which reference objects

1. The student that completed all his homework passed the class.

The essay who did not have a strong thesis statement received a low score.

The teacher, which everyone loved, retired this year.

Worked as a printer and loved to read and write

Wrote under the pseudonym “Silence Dogood”

Fascinated with science and believed the human mind (logic) could explain all phenomena

Believed in the natural goodness of human beings

Had an illegitimate son Later worked as a diplomat Beloved by many (20,000

people attended his funeral)

Graduate of Yale University Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Wrote The Beauty Myth which

launched a new bout of feminism in the 1990’s by challenging the beauty industry and our culture’s standards for women

Political activist most noted for her work inspiring women and promoting civic engagement

Wants to create “sustainable democracy”

Read p. 284 – 287 of Franklin’s The Autobiography, Part 2 and Wolf’s Scripps College commencement address.

As you read both, answer the following questions:

1) Who (author/speaker and audience)?2) What (subject)?3) When and Where (historical context)? 4) Why (purpose)?5) How (tone and tone shift)?