1. Trope or Scheme? For each of the sentences below, write down the sentence and whether you think the rhetorical element used is a trope (diction) or a scheme (syntax).
1. “He stiffened his drink and his spine.” 2. “I came, I saw, I conquered.” 3. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the street, we shall fight in the hills."

2. AP Language and Composition
Mr. Houghteling
November 16, 2012
“It’s a ‘Foehn Wind’ Friday, and because it’s Friday, you know what that means…”

3. “It’s great to be alive!”

4. Agenda Trope/Scheme practice. Retrieve course descriptions.
Rhetorical Term Review:  / 
“Santa Ana Winds”

5. Trope or Scheme? For each of the sentences below, write down the sentence and whether you think the rhetorical element used is a trope (diction) or a scheme (syntax).
1. “He stiffened his drink and his spine.” 2. “I came, I saw, I conquered.” 3. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the street, we shall fight in the hills."

6. 1. “He stiffened his drink and his spine.”
Trope or Scheme?
1. “He stiffened his drink and his spine.”
TROPE!
This is called a ZEUGMA, a trope in which one word governs or acts upon several words, phrases, or clauses, each in a different sense.

7. 2. “I came, I saw, I conquered.”
Trope or Scheme?
2. “I came, I saw, I conquered.”
SCHEME!
This is the use of ASYNDETON, the deliberate omission of conjunctions in a series.

8. Trope or Scheme?
3. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the street, we shall fight in the hills."
SCHEME!
This is an example of ANAPHORA, the repetition of the same word or group of words in successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

9. Rhetorical Term Review
Where are you? What do you know?
On your Word Bank sheet, put a  on terms you know and are confident in, and a  on terms you don’t know and are not comfortable with.
Then, use the terms to fill in the blanks on the Rhetoric Handout.

11. “Santa Ana Winds”
Vocabulary: highlight or underline words you don’t know.
Look to the handout: what citations did you make?
Let’s discuss together and label them!
Identifying Tropes and Schemes.

12. Homework:

13. How will I know when it’s over?
The last five minutes of class can be the most important.
Wait for me to thank you for your hard work.
When you hear me say, “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, have a wonderful day!” you know it’s time to pack up and go to your next class.