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Everyday Use – Chapter 2 – Using the 5 Canons of Rhetoric

Invention

Pp. 34 – 36 close reading

  1. Name the five canons. What purpose do they serve?
  2. Explain the following: “A piece of writing always exists in context” (p. 34)
  3. Identify 3 ways in which writing works to convey information and perhaps change ideas or behavior.

Pp. 36.5 – 51 Skim reading

  1. Briefly explain 5 strategies and their usage in creating invention.
  2. What is the difference between syllogism & enthymeme?
  3. What are intuitive invention strategies?

Arrangement

Pp. 51 – 54 close reading

  1. Describe Arrangement and its purpose in helping you understand a text
  2. What is the typical genre of a paper?
  3. What are the components of Ancient Rome’s 6-part speech? Is this presently used today? Explain
  4. What are functional parts of a text?

Style

Pp. 56 – 60 – skim reading

  1. What is style and what purpose does it serve?
  2. What is situated appropriateness in a text?
  3. What is the general advice about jargon (diction choice)?
  4. What is the recommendation about you and I? Contractions?
  5. What is the difference between active and passive voice?

Pp. 61 – 79 – closer reading as needed – Creating your glossary

  1. Write your own definition and example of the four types of sentences
  2. What is the difference between a loose and a periodic sentence?
  3. What is parallelism and its effect? Give your own example.
  4. What should be considered when using diction?
  5. What is the ladder of abstraction? Diagram and give an example.
  6. What is a pronoun? Antecedent? Give an example of a pro-noun antecedent agreement. (p. 69)
  7. What is the difference between slang and jargon?
  8. What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
  9. What are 3 ways you can arrange parallelism? Give an example of each
  10. What are 3 ways you can arrange antithesis? Give an example of each
  11. What is antimetabole? Give an example
  12. Give an example of parenthesis and an appositive. What is their stylistic purpose?
  13. Give an example of ellipsis and asyndeton. What is their stylistic purpose?
  14. List and give an example of the 6 types of repetition
  15. List and give an example of the 6 ways to compare something
  16. Describe two ways to play with words.
  17. What are 3 ways to play with meaning in a sentence?

Memory & Delivery

Pp. 79 – 81 close reading

  1. What is memory in contemporary thinking?
  2. What needs to be considered when delivering a text?