Literary Elements Week 7 (Week 3)

What is connotation?

• Connotation implies or suggests a meaning of a word.
• Dictionary meaning of a word.
• I don't know!
• Unknown meaning

What is denotation?

• Direct meaning of a word or dictionary meaning.
• It means down.
• Let me ask my friend
• It means to note the word.

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Writers use this to communicate positive or negative feelings in their writing.

• connotation
• denotation

What is an anecdote?

• A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

• The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.

• A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Q. Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.

What is the main idea?

• Soccer is important at the Olympics.

• Soccer is played by men and women.

• Soccer is played worldwide

"If we don’t move soon, we’re all going to die! Can’t you see how dangerous it would be to stay?"

• ethos
• logos
• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Using emotion to persuade your audience. The Greek word for "suffering" or "experience"...

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Rhetoric

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

What is an example of an INTERNAL conflict?

• Character vs Character
• Character vs Nature
• Character vs Society
• Character vs Self