"The Inheritance of Tools" - Discussion Flashcards
SOAPSTONE
- S: Sanders, lost his father, carpenter, precise man
- O: upon the death of his father
- A: anyone w/ traditions
- P: share feelings on power and importance of family traditions
- S: anecdotes, similes, allusions
- TONE: nostalgic
focus: anecdotes
- an anecdote is a short story about something that happened in one’s life
- many argument incorporate anecdotes to connect author with reader son a more personal level or even to establish a form of credibility
- choose anecdotes that support the argument and use anecdotes to connect with the reader
- don’t use anecdotes that don’t apply to the argument or overly long anecdotes
step 1
Sanders
step 2
alludes
step 3
to the effectiveness of the methods passed down through his family for generations
step 4
to highlight the importance of transitions
author uses extended metaphor to signify that it’s important to know one’s place in this world
parallel syntax, listing
the author incorporates allusions to convey the idea that sturdy, well constructed items should be valued
the author’s allusions convey the message that well constructed, sturdy items should be valued
author uses extended metaphor to signify that ti’s important to know one’s place in this world
it uses weak verbs such as show, tell, use
author uses extended metaphor to signify that it’s important to know one’s place in this world
“every time I noticed it I thought of my father” “The hammer had belonged to him, and to his father”
sanders employs figurative language to convey the idea that life can be full of purpose
- Sanders conveys the message figuratively that life can be full of purpose when rooted
- “as my father would have kept them, they gleamed at me like teeth” “I saw my father testing…”
- the author celebrated his father’s life by continuing to be a master carpenter
sanders employs ___________________
parallel structure
the author uses an extended metaphor to _________
signify that it’s important to know one’s place in this world
