Language Style

Rhetoric is

• arguing with your parents

• the art of discourse

• just talking

• not a big deal in our daily lives

What is connotation?

• the feeling associated with a word

• an ice cream cone

• the actual meaning of a word

• the way a word looks

What is an idiolect?

• that's not a real word

• the way a group of people generally uses language

• an uneducated way of speaking

• the tendencies of an individual's language use

What are the three purposes of rhetoric?

• to entertain, inform, and persuade

• to argue, inform, and joke

• to talk about an experience or give facts

• to know how to ask your boss for a raise

Which word means "the word choice" an author chooses?

• Their phrasing

• Their vocabulary

• Their diction

• Their perspective

What is dialect?

• The way a group uses language

• The way an individual uses language

• The way a language is invented for a story

• The uneducated way of speaking

In which situation would you likely use more standardized language?

• with your best friend after winning a match

• with your brother in a fight

• with your parents during breakfast

• with your boss when explaining a conflict with a coworker

In which situation would you likely use your own idiolect in a less standardized way?

• with your principal when trying to get out of trouble

• with your best friend while hanging out

• with your boss in a stressful situation

• with your classmate while giving a presentation