2. Consonance, Objectivity, and Pedantic Brittany Troup Oct. 19, 2015

3. Consonance Poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession. Alliteration is a special case of consonance where the repeated consonant sound is at the stressed syllable -Ex: "few flocked to the fight" Another special case of consonance is sibilance, the use of several sibilant sounds such as /s/ and /sh/ -Ex: “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain.” Often used to create a tongue-twister effect. Popular in hip-hop songs.

4. Consonance examples -The ship has sailed to the far off shores. -She ate seven sandwiches on a sunny Sunday last year. -Shelley sells shells by the seashore. The following lines from a song also show how consonant sounds have been used repeatedly: “Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile Whether Jew or gentile, I rank top percentile Many styles, more powerful than gamma rays My grammar pays, like Carlos Santana plays.” (The lines have been taken from the song ‘Zealots ‘by Fugees.)

5. Objectivity Used to verify something through evidence and facts. If you are writing objectively, you must remain as neutral as possible through the use of facts, statistics, and research The state of being objective, just, unbiased and not influenced by emotions or personal prejudices. Objective arguments are often those that have to do with logos, that is, reason, evidence and logic, generally dealing with material questions (things that can be sensed or measured and have to do with the real outside world, outside of oneself)

6. Objectivity examples “Using one of their own as a test subject, SftM scientists administered a solution of 50 microliters of Ce6 as eye drops. Almost instantaneously, and for the next hour, the subject was able to see shapes, objects, and even people at a distance of 50 meters (or about 55 yards), in total darkness.”Ce6 - CNN article: Citizen scientists develop eye drops that enable night vision for 55 yards. “Sugary drinks such as Coke and Pepsi kill nearly 200,000 people per year worldwide, according to a study conducted by researchers from Tufts University and published in the journal Circulation. The numbers are based on prior studies showing that sugar consumption can lead to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.” - CNN article: Coca-Cola and Pepsi contribute to nearly 200,000 deaths every year.

7. Pedantic A pedantic is someone who is concerned with precision, formalism, accuracy, minute details in order to make an arrogant and ostentatious show of learning. Writers use a pedantic character to teach something in a complicated manner or to teach with excessive demonstration of knowledge. One may be called pedantic when he/she points out corrections in unimportant details. Sigmund Freud defines pedantic as, “The pedant is he who finds it impossible to read criticism of himself without immediately reaching for his pen and replying to the effect that the accusation is a gross insult to his person.”

8. Pedantic examples From “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Great Gatsby “Civilization’s going to pieces... I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read “The Rise of the Colored Empires” by this man Goddard?... Well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be–will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved… I know I’m not very popular. I don’t give big parties. I suppose you’ve got to make your house into a pigsty in order to have any friends–in the modern world.” In this paragraph, Tom Buchanan is trying to look like a learned person but he winds up everything looking foolish. The final line is a pedantic, as Tom is citing popularity and parties of Gatsby as a proof of modern world disintegration.

9. GET IN TO GROUPS :)))))

10. What is this an example of? To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?—To die,—to sleep,— No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to,—’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die,—to sleep;— To sleep: perchance to dream:—ay, there’s the rub; (Hamlet by William Shakespeare)

11. CONSONANCE To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tiS nobler in the mind to Suffer The SlingS and arrowS of outrageouS fortune Or to take armS againSt a Sea of troubleS, And by oppoSing end them?—To die,—to Sleep,— No more; and by a Sleep to Say we end The heartache, and the thouSand natural shockS That flesh is heir to,—’tiS a conSummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die,—to Sleep;— To Sleep: perchanCe to dream:—ay, there’S the rub;

12. What is this an example of? PERSON 1- Wow, this tea is amazing! PERSON 2- It’s not tea, it’s green tea.

13. PEDANTIC

14. What is this an example of? Endurance and tolerance.

15. CONSONANCE Endurance and tolerance

16. What is this an example of? A news survey suggests that just over half of people in the U.S. and England would know how to recognize a stroke and when to call an ambulance. In the U.S., stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

17. OBJECTIVITY