1. Parallelism An introduction American Lit 10

2. Do Now: What’s wrong with these sentences?  Mary likes hiking, swimming, and to ride a bicycle.  I like to eat rich desserts, playing fast card games and riddles.

3. With a partner, Correct 2 of these sentences.  Chris McCandless was influenced by nurture more than nature because he chose to live independently, his relationship with his parents and, and his thirst for adventure.

4. Parallelism  The presentation of similar ideas using the same grammatical structure

5. What happens when you use parallelism correctly?  Brevity  Impact  Beauty  Memorable

6. Famous Examples of Parallelism  "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." - Abraham Lincoln

7. Antithesis: A special kind of Parallelism  The repetition of contrasting words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or the same meaning EXAMPLES  “Folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” Abraham Lincoln  “Symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning…” JFK

8. Anaphora  Another kind of repetition  Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences

9. Who said it?  “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.’  I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.  I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.”

10. With your partner… Highlight examples of  Parallelism  Antithesis and  Anaphora in JFK’s Inaugural Speech

11. Ticket Out  Write an example of a sentence using parallelism, antithesis, or anaphora  You can use one of these topics:  How you get ready for school in the morning  The goals that you have for yourself  Your ideas for improving our school