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READ: “The Death of Hector: An Excerpt” in The Trojans (people The Greeks or your English textbook, pp. 5-17. living in Troy): Achaeans: The Iliad; summary Prince Hector...

READ: “The Death of Hector: An Excerpt” in The Trojans (people The Greeks or your English textbook, pp. 5-17. living in Troy): Achaeans: The Iliad; summary Prince Hector Achilles Paris Agamemnon King Priam Menelaus Patroclus The Gods/Goddesses: ★ Zeus — King of the Gods. God of thunder, sky, lightning. ★ Hera — Queen of the Gods. Goddess of Marriage and Women ★ Aphrodite — Goddess of love, beauty, and desire. ★ Athena — Goddess of wisdom, courage, and warfare. ★ Hephaestus — God of fire, metalworks, and craftsmanship ★ Apollo — God of light, music, poetry, and healing. Aegis — protection or shield. Armor that Zeus and Hera wore The Odyssey; Odysseus journey to Calypso Island Siren — extremely attractive and dangerous person Titanic — extremely large Achilles’ Heel — weakness or weak point Between Scylla and Charybdis — being caught in a difficult decision or being indecisive ELEMENTS OF AN EPIC POEM 1. Hero - centerpiece of the genre - often have superhuman strength, courage,and intelligence, representing the ideals of their culture. 2. Extraordinary Strength and Courage - heroes are typically portrayed as possessing special physical and mental fortitude - their abilities often transcend human READ: The odyssey excerpt, pp. 22-30 limitations  3. Quests FEATURES OF A PERSUASIVE TEXT/SPEECH - the epic hero is almost always engaged in ➔ Purpose a perilous quest. - For who (audience) - often a journey of self-discovery, a test of - Why (thought) courage, or a mission to save people or - to argue a point of view in order to the world. convince a reader. it has a target audience. 4. Setting ➔ Structure - where the epic happens - Intro: subject - it encompasses multiple lands or even the - Argument: enumeration of factual and entire world. logical reasons for your opinion. - expansive backdrop provides a stage for - Conclusion: suggests an action or solution the hero's adventures and reinforces the to the audience. epic scale of the narrative. ➔ Language - Present tense 5. Supernatural Intervention - usual tense used - involvement of gods, goddesses, or other - Connectors or transition words supernatural beings - To link idea, fact, or opinion - these divine entities can be allies, - Helps with logic and organization adversaries, or both, often influencing the - “Because”, “while”, “on the other hero's fate and the outcome of the epic hand”, “for example…” etc. conflict - Emotive language - powerful/strong a try djectives - “I firmly believe” , “we must” , “come join me…” Reflexive pronoun - Rhetorical question — question that - tells us that whoever performs the action needs no answer. Has an implied answer. in a sentence is also the one on the A. Figure of speech (structured as receiving end of that action. interrogative sentence) - reflects back to the subject. B. Sarcasm in context - can be used as the direct object, indirect C. Metaphor object, or object of a preposition ➔ Counter arguments from another pov Ex: Achilles bought himself an armor. ➔ Facts and opinions Intensive Pronoun - adds emphasis or intensity to a noun Read: “Give me Liberty or Give Me Death”, - i emphasizes a preceding noun, which is pp. 41-43 often (but not always) the noun immediately before the pronoun. Author: Patrick Henry Ex: Achilles bought the armor himself. Date: March 23, 1775 Location: St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia Purpose: To persuade delegates to support armed resistance against British rule. Main Argument: The colonies must choose between liberty and slavery, and that armed conflict is inevitable. Famous Line: "Give me liberty or give me death!" Virgil HEROES OF GREEKS VS ROMANS - born Publius Vergilius Maro From the Iliad and Odyssey...to the Aeneid - Rome's greatest poet. - From the countryside near Mantua, Italy. - Pastoral works: the Eclogues and Georgics - Most enduring masterpiece: the Aeneid READ: the Aeneid's excerpt, pp. 51 to 53 CHARACTERS Venus — the goddess of love Jupiter — the king of the gods Aeneas — Trojan son of Venus Antenor — a Trojan who founded a city Nonstandard English PROMISE - refers to the use of English that does not ★ Roman greatness follow conventions ★ Forebears of Roman people ★ Build a city in Italy The Nonstandard English for Informal Use 1. Incorrect Grammar PROPHECY Ex: She don’t like it (she doesn’t like it) ★ Aeneas’ suffering will come to an end 2. Inappropriate Contractions ★ Gates of war will close Ex: y’all, gonna, wanna ★ Aeneas’ descendants will build the city of 3. Slangs Rome Ex: Buzz off = go away, Bread = money, THEMES REACTING ★ Fate and Destiny ★ Listening activity is interactive - The epic is driven by the idea of a ★ Active listeners watch then react predetermined path for Aeneas and the ★ Reactions must be logical and creative in Trojan people, ultimately leading to the order to make sense of the material founding of Rome ★ Piety and Duty Reacting Intelligently and creatively - Aeneas is often described as "pius," ★ Ensure understanding before reacting. meaning dutiful and religious. His ★ Reactions must have logical bases. unwavering commitment to his people ★ For creative reactions: come up with and the gods is a central theme. something new. (Ex: song, poem, poster) ★ The Glory of Rome - Virgil was commissioned by Augustus Point Caesar to write a poem that glorified - a stance on an issue Rome. The Aeneid legitimizes the Roman - nature of your stance is important but the Empire by tracing its lineage back to the choice of words and expressions in heroic Trojans. highlighting your belief is also vital. - The importance of choosing your words SIGNIFICANT DETAILS AND CHARACTERS and expressions wisely is that adjectives - Aeneas and adverbs help readers understand the - Pleading to Gods intensity of your message. - Search for own land or identity Ex: The food was undeniably delectable.  ➔ Adverb intensifiers also help with ETHICS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING emotions ➔ Respect your audiences ➔ Transition words/expressions: a signal ➔ Present meaningful content that the next point we will say is a very ➔ Do not Plagiarize important one WORDS EXPRESSIONS ☆ affirm/negate ☆ As a matter of fact ☆ Assert ☆ Draw attention to ☆ Highlight ☆ Impress upon ☆ Primarily ☆ The point of the ☆ Prove matter is ☆ Underscore ☆ This proves that ☆ To Make this clear Opinion - view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter - belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge A statement of opinion is a subjective belief or judgment that cannot be proven or disproven through objective evidence. It is often based on personal experiences, values, or interpretations. WHEN STATING YOUR OPINION REMEMBER ➔ Make sure that you understand the issue ➔ Identify the details or evidence that will support your opinion ➔ Make sure to consider opinions that are different from yours ➔ Make sure that you do not commit fallacies in proving your opinions ➔ Keep a logical structure ➔ Use: “I believe”,“Based on”,“i think that” “I agree” , “I disagree” ➔ the significance of formulating an opinion statement ➔ plausible opinions: supported by strong pieces of evidence ➔ One thing to belief, another to prove that your belief is worthy of consideration. Ethics - set of moral principles: a theory or system of moral values - principles of conduct governing an individual or group