Chapter 8 Resources
Questions to answer regarding this video
(feel free to split the work on this lengthy assignment with your peers, just make sure to credit the work for each answer a peer provided)
- Give an example of a word used symbolically in this video. Explain how it represents what it is referring to either by association, resemblance or convention (don't just label it as one of the three, explain how it functions to represent the thing it symbolizes).
- Give an example of a word used arbitrarily in this video. Explain how the relationship between the word and what it represents is random, subjective or coincidental (don't just label it as one of the three, explain how it functions to create an arbitrary meaning).
- Give an example of a word used to exploit its denotative meaning/s in this video. Explain how the use of the word exploits its denotative meaning/s.
- Give an example of a word used to exploit its connotative meaning/s in this video. Explain how the use of the word exploits its connotative meaning/s.
- Give an example of a word used to exploit its cultural meaning/s in this video. Explain how the use of the word exploits its cultural meaning/s.
- Give an example of a word used to exploit its power in this video. Explain how the use of the word exploits its power.
- There is a repeated phrase used incorrectly in the song. List the error. What do you think the impact of this error might be for the audience?
- The presenters use a wide variety of jargon. Give an example of the jargon they used. Find a definition for this jargon. Was the jargon appropriate for this audience?
- The presenters used some very specific language. Give an example of concrete wording that was used to create a stronger connection with the audience.
- Was the presentation in oral or written style? What characteristics of the presentation led you to this conclusion?
- Give an example of one of the ways the speakers appealed to the senses. Which sense did this appeal draw the listener to?
- The speakers used a variety of tropes. Share a trope that one of the speakers used and explain how it worked in the presentation.
- The speakers used a variety of schemes. Share a scheme that one of the speakers used and explain how it worked in the presentation.