1.   Identify the rhetorical device used in this example (italicized parts). Then explain how the use of this device impacts the writer’s tone.  " Anyway, the baby calf was standing right underneath its mother, just kind of walking around, and the mother cow took a 'dump' on the baby calf's head." (Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Pocket Books, 1999) Warm-up 9/18 or 9/19

2.   Definition & examples http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloquialism  Advice on Using Colloquialisms in Writing "If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing it in quotation marks. To do so is to put on airs, as though you were inviting the reader to join you in a select society of those who know better." (William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, 4th ed. Longman, 1999)quotation marks Colloquialism

3.   speeches Today’s Agenda