Inaugural Address Project

Determine how the attitudes of both the

writers and the characters reflect about the ideas of their day

Recognizing Historical Details

Event Name Historical ContextBattleMedical PracticePolitical SituationSocial Attitudes

The way that you perceive time in a literary selection

may depend on the point of view from which it is told.

In selections told from an omniscient point of view, the narrator is an objective observer of everything that happens.

In selections told from a limited third-person point of view, the narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of a single character.

As the point of view shifts from omniscient to limited third-person, the emotional tone and sense of time change as well.

Point of View

A narrative technique that presents thoughts

as if they were coming directly from a character’s mind.

Instead of being arranged in chronological order, the events are presented from the character’s or speaker’s point of view, mixed in with the character’s or speaker’s thoughts just as they might spontaneously occur.

Stream of Consciousness

The writer’s attitude toward the subject,

characters, or audience.

Tone is created through a choice of words and details.

It may be formal or informal, friendly or distant.

Tone

A writer’s choice and arrangement of words

Gives a piece of writing its unique quality

Diction

Recognize or define the audience who will be

interacting with the selection.

Analyze the purpose of the selection.

Audience and Purpose

Use your prior background knowledge to:

Analyze ideas Analyze actions in historical context. Analyze decisions

Using Background Knowledge

Determine whether the writer is

An active participant in events An interested observer

This relationship affects the writer’s perspective and credibility.

Identify the Writer’s Relationship to Events

A fact is a statement that can be proved

true.

An opinion is a judgment that cannot be proved, though it can be supported by arguments.

Distinguish Fact from Opinion

Charged words produce a strong emotional

response.

Aphorisms are a brief, pointed statement expressing a wise or clever observation.

Charged Words and Aphorisms

Aphorism Meaning Purpose

Writing to get readers or listeners to think or

act in a certain way.

A persuasive writer:

Appeals to emotions or reason Offers opinions Urges action

Persuasion

Logical Appeals (Logos) – reasoned arguments

based on evidence

Emotional Appeals (Pathos) – efforts to engage the feelings of the audience

Ethical Appeals (Ethos) – references to the writer’s own sensitivity or fairness.

Persuasive Appeals

Restatement Repeating an idea in a variety of ways.

Persuasive Techniques

Repetition Restating an idea using the same words

Persuasive Techniques

Parallelism Repetition of words, phrases, clauses, or

sentences that have the same grammatical structure or the same meaning.

Persuasive Techniques

Rhetorical Question Asking a question whose answer is self-

evident.

Persuasive Technique

Example Effect

RestatementRepetitionParallelismRhetorical Question

Analyzing Persuasive Techniques