1. UNIT 1 REVIEW

2.  What was our class’s working definition for culture?  What was our class’s working definition of cultural norms?  Give an example of a cultural norm embraced by the United States  What was our class’s working definition of subculture?  Name some subcultures you are a part of. CULTURE

3.  What is a stereotype?  What is ethnocentricm? CULTURE CON’T

4. HOW IS THE HANDSHAKE AN AMERICAN CULTURAL NORM?

5. WHAT SUBCULTURE DO YOU ASSOCIATE THIS IMAGE WITH?

6.  What is voice?  What are the components of voice?  Diction  Imagery  Syntax  Tone WHAT IS IN A VOICE?

7.  DICTION IS WORD CHOICE  CONNOTATIVE MEANING OF WORD: WHAT THE WORD SUGGESTS; WHAT EMOTION YOU, SPECIFICALLY, ATTACH TO THE WORD  DENOTATIVE MEANING OF WORD: WHAT THE WORD LITERALLY MEANS DICTION

8.  WORD: PRIEST  DENOTATIVE MEANING: THE HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH  CONNOTATIVE MEANINGS: RELIGION, SACRED, HOLINESS, CORRUPTION, HYPOCRISY  WORD: BURKA  DENOTATIVE MEANING: A FULL BODY CLOAK WORN BY SOME MUSLIM WOMEN  CONNOTATIVE MEANINGS: MODESTY, IDEAL, PATRIARCHY, OPPRESSION, MYSTERY, BEAUTY  WHY ARE THE CONNOTATIVE MEANINGS OF THE WORDS SO DIVERSE? CONNOTATION VS. DENOTATION

9.  FORMAL DICTION IS THE LANGUAGE WE USE IN FORMAL ESSAYS, IN WRITING COMPOSTITIONS, AND IN ADDRESSING A HIGHLY EDUCATED AUDIENCE  INFORMAL DICTION IS THE LANGUAGE WE USE IN EVERYDAY CONVERSATION WITH OUR PEERS, AND IN ADDRESSING AN AUDIENCE THAT IS FAMILIAR OR SPECIFIC TO US (I.E., TO ENTERTAIN)  “FORMAL OR INFORMAL?  “If you love ice cream so much, then why don’t you just marry it?”  FORMAL OR INFORMAL?  “Hurston’s depiction of the independent female was viewed as misogynistic and derogatory by the very demographic she wished to elevate.” FORMAL VERSUS INFORMAL DICTION

10.  The arrangement of words in a sentence  Compound sentence: two independent clauses joined by a coordinator  Complex sentence: An independent clause followed by one or more dependent clauses  Periodic sentence: A complex sentence where the main independent clause comes last  What kind of sentence is this?  “I am going to Publix and then I will cook dinner.”  “Although I enjoy football, I would rather play for the school’s soccer team.”  Anaphora: The repetition of words or phrases in the beginnings of successive clauses. SYNTAX

11.  What is tone?  What is a tone shift? TONE

12. Out of the huts of history’s shame\ I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise. WHAT IS THE TONE OF THIS EXCERPT?

13. GOOD LUCK FROM ONE DIRECTION!