Session 6: The Ultimate Review

Session 6: The Ultimate Review

Literary Devices

• An oxymoron is the combination of two contradictory/opposite words in a single sentence

• A paradox is an entire phrase/sentence that appears contradictory

Examples of Oxymorons

• Act naturally

• Clearly confused

• Random order

• Jumbo shrimp

• Original copy

• Only choice

Examples of Paradoxes

• I am nobody.

• Everything I say is a lie.

• The second sentence is true. The first sentence is false.

• If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing.

• Here are the rules: Ignore all the rules.

• If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing.

What is the difference between empathy and sympathy?

• Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

• Sympathy is the feeling of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

• As human beings, our goal is to be empathetic, not sympathetic.

Multiple Choice

If I give a homeless person some food or money and I record it to put it on my Instagram page, am I showing sympathy or empathy towards that person?

• Sympathy

• Empathy

Multiple Choice

If my friend doesn't have any shoes and I say, "man, I hope you get some shoes soon." Am I showing sympathy or empathy?

• Empathy

• Sympathy

Multiple Choice

If I'm running a race and someone pulls up injured and I stop running to turn around and help them finish, am I showing empathy or sympathy?

• Sympathy

• Empathy

Literary Devices

• Juxtaposition: the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect

• Diction: style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer

• Syntax: the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... is an example of...

• Juxtaposition

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Syntax

Each of the following sentences have the same SYNTAX but different DICTION.

The boy jumped happily.

The girl sang beautifully.

The dog barked loudly.

Each of the following sentences have similar DICTION but different SYNTAX.

The boy jumped happily.

The boy happily jumped.

Happily, the boy jumped.

Vocabulary

• accomplish

• adaptation

• approached

• argued

• automatically

Vocabulary

• avoid

• border

• calculate

• cause

• circular

Phrases and Terms to Help Understand History

• Racial Profiling - When someone makes an assumption based on negative stereotypes

• Ex. A tall, Black man walks into a store and the employees in the store automatically watch him because they think he might steal

Phrases and Terms to Help Understand History

• Wealth Gap - When one group of people continues to have way more money than other groups of people

• Ex. At the end of 2019, the top 10% of wealthy people had more money than the bottom 50% combined

Literary Devices

• Metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true

• Simile is a phrase that uses a comparison to describe

• Hyperbole is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Metaphor

• Bob is a couch potato.

• Chaos is a friend of mine.

• A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Simile

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• That baby is as cute as a button.

• I am as snug as a bug in a rug.

Hyperbole

• I’ve told you to clean your room a million times!

• It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets.

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

• I had a ton of homework.

Vocabulary

• compare

• concluding

• confirm

• contrast

• convince

Vocabulary

• critical

• decrease

• defend

• essential

• estimate

Vocabulary

• evidence

• example

• except

• exclaimed

• experiment

Black Wall Street

Black Wall Street was an African American community located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the Greenwood District. It was a safe haven to African Americans since they were segregated from whites.

Fred Hampton

a Black activist and revolutionary socialist. He came to prominence in Chicago as chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and deputy chairman of the national BPP.

Literary Devices

• Connotation refers to the wide array of positive and negative associations that most words naturally carry with them

• Denotation refers to the literal definition of a word that might be found in a dictionary

Trailblazing Black Women

https://www.bustle.com/life/black-women-in-history-you-probably-didnt-see-in-your-history-textbook-8092603