PPT-Syntax - A Modest Proposal

By Julia Beggel Chloe Arcelli Morgan Sirota and Kara Haggerty About Jonathan SWift Swift lived in both Ireland and England throughout his life giving him a unique perspective on the issues presented within his piece A Modest Proposal. Vocabulary. eminent. An . eminent. person is well known and important. .. Coach Nick . Saban. is an . eminent. . football coach at the University of Alabama.. eminent. An . eminent. person is well known and important.. Syntax: the analysis of sentence construction.. Essential Idea: Syntax must be examined as to how it contributes to and enhances meaning and effect.. Definition . Telegraphic: Sentence shorter than five words. Jonathan swift – 1729 – background & breakdown. History. Anglo-Irish satirist (born in Dublin, English parents, returns to England due to political troubles) . This . was written during the “The Age of Reason” – the enlightenment. . Objective: Analyze how authors use syntax and diction to create certain effects.. Essential Question: How does syntax and diction contribute to an author’s voice and tone?. Objective and Essential Question. “A . Modest Proposal" is an essay that uses satire to make its point. . A satire is a literary work that attacks or pokes fun at vices, abuses, stupidity, and/or any other fault or imperfection.. Satire may make the reader laugh at, or feel disgust for, the person or thing satirized. . Types of Linguistic Theories. Prescriptive. : “prescriptive linguistics” is an oxymoron. Prescriptive grammar: . how people ought to talk. Descriptive. : provide account of syntax of a language. Descriptive grammar. Of Good Behavior. KOSMIOV. What are the cosmos (KOSMOS)?. Webster: “Universe considered as an orderly system; any complete and orderly system; form; arrangement; orderly”. Yet wouldn’t a big bang suggest disorder?. A . semiquantitative. visual score that will help us to be aware of the anatomical complexity and to anticipate procedural difficulties. One drawback in these comparisons is that there is . heterogencity. That arrangement contributes to and enhances meaning and effect.. Or more simply:. It’s how authors put words and phrases together. . Syntax helps authors effectively make their points.. One thing Syntax does is control pacing.. modesty . in their manner of dress. Indications . are that there are people who believe there is no . such . thing as . immodesty. Christians . are being tempted to give in to the . world's standard . . . syn. : insular; dogmatic. . ant: tolerant. . . . Peregrination. Travel by walking. . syn. : trekking; exploration. Whitacre. I. Modesty in the Garden. 1 Tim. 2:9. “In . like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel. ,…”. Gen. 3:21. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.. THE INFLUENCE OF DESUGGESTOPEDIA IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF SYNTAX-ENGLISH SENTENCE STRUCTURE IN THE STUDENTS OF FIRST YEAR OF BACCALAUREATE, ELECTROMECHANICAL AUTOMOTIVE A1 AND A2 EFL CLASSROOMS AT INSTITUTO Diction. Diction. – the author’s choice of words. . Words are the writer’s basic tools:. a. They create the color and texture of the written work.. b. They both reflect and determine the level of formality..