"Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" - Discussion

Question 1

SOAPSTONE

Answer 1

• S: Thoreau, naturalist, philosopher
• O: his need for solitude
• A: people who challenge his radical beliefs, people inclined to live his lifestyle
• P: argue why a simple life is a better one
• S: metaphors, rhetorical questions, repetition
• TONE: fatherly

Question 2

focus: rhetorical analysis reminders

Answer 2

• a rhetorical analysis answers the essential questions of
• • what (claim)
• • where (data)
• • why and how (warrant)

Question 3

tips for philosophical texts

Answer 3

• a philosophical piece will often have an authoritative, didactic tone
• hypophora (a question followed by an answer) and rhetorical questions (unanswered questions asked by the author)

Question 4

elements to gain for our own writing

Answer 4

• take complex idea and simplify it in the presentation

- clear, concise, consistent

Question 5

step 1

Answer 5

Thoreau’s

Question 6

step 2

Answer 6

fatherly tone

Question 7

step 3

Answer 7

appeals

Question 8

step 4

Answer 8

to the readers through ethos, preparing their minds to adopt his view on life’s simplicity

Question 9

note

Answer 9

• figurative language
• listing
• figurative language, metaphors