Author's Purpose and Perspective

What is author's purpose?

• • the way the author views a topic or subject, and his/her attitude toward it

• • an author’s reason for writing, such as to persuade, to inform, or to entertain

• the way the author explains something

• the way the author feels about their writing

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is author's perspective?

• the way the author views a topic or subject, and his/her attitude toward it

• • an author’s reason for writing, such as to persuade, to inform, or to entertain

• the way the author feels about their writing

• the way an author explains something

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is logos?

• an appeal that attempts to establish the author’s credibility and remind the audience of shared values and beliefs.

• an appeal that evokes emotion, such as feelings of anger or sadness.

• an appeal that uses logic, supported by evidence, facts, or statistics.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is pathos?

• an appeal that evokes emotion, such as feelings of anger or sadness

• an appeal that attempts to establish the author’s credibility and remind the audience of shared values and beliefs.

•  an appeal that uses logic, supported by evidence, facts, or statistics.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is ethos?

• an appeal that evokes emotion, such as feelings of anger or sadness.

• an appeal that attempts to establish the author’s credibility and remind the audience of shared values and beliefs.

• an appeal that uses logic, supported by evidence, facts, or statistics.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is antithesis?

• a parallel construction that highlights contrast i.e. exact opposite.

• the intended meaning of a speaker’s words contrasts with the literal meaning

• • a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered.

• a word for a part is used to represent the whole.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is verbal irony?

• a parallel construction that highlights contrast i.e. exact opposite.

• • a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered.

• the intended meaning of a speaker’s words contrasts with the literal meaning (e.g. sarcasm).

• a word for a part is used to represent the whole.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a rhetorical question?

• a word for a part is used to represent the whole.

• a word that is associated with something is used to represent that thing.

• a parallel construction that highlights contrast i.e. exact opposite.

• • a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is synedoche?

• one word applied to two other words forming two pairs, in which one pair expresses a literal meaning and the other pair expresses a figurative meaning.

• a word for a part is used to represent the whole.

• a word that is associated with something is used to represent that thing.

• • the intended meaning of a speaker’s words contrasts with the literal meaning (e.g. sarcasm).

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is metonymy?

• a word that is associated with something is used to represent that thing.

• one word applied to two other words forming two pairs, in which one pair expresses a literal meaning and the other pair expresses a figurative meaning

• • a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered.

• • the intended meaning of a speaker’s words contrasts with the literal meaning (e.g. sarcasm).

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3