Due January 25, 2017 (Vocab reminder, Chiasmus Essay)

1) Our vocabulary test will be on February 1. 

Remember to continually update your alphabetized master list of ALL vocabulary words. You will need it for future tests. :-)  Believe me, it will come in handy!

If you are looking for a way to easily alphabetize your words with their definitions, try sortmylist.com
Choose the "blank line" option and make sure there is a blank line (skipped space) between each word with its definition. The program will alphabetize your words with definition attached.

2) Our essay assignment is a really awesome one! 
Using the prompt chosen in class, create a story and be sure to include a chiasmus that you have created. 

One chiasmus per essay - not per paragraph. 

Please check the notes below to help you remember what a chiasmus is. Once you have mastered this literary device, you will find yourself thinking of them all the time. They are are the ultimate word play! 

Along with the required 1 chiasmus per essay, here are the other requirements for each paragraph:

A chiasmus is a rhetorical device in which a sentence or phrase is followed by a sentence or phrase that reverses the structure and order of the first one in order to produce an artistic effect.

Examples:

Let us preach what we practice -     

let us practice what we preach.

If you fail to plan,
then you plan to fail.

People don't care what you know
Until they know that you care.

God doesn't call the able;
He enables the called.

The person who is too big for a small job
is too small for a big job.

You can give without loving
but you can't love without giving.

But many that are first shall be last,
And many that are last shall be first.  (Matthew 19:30)

Live simply so that others may simply live.  (often attributed to Gandhi)

Here are some more examples with more detailed bolding with colors to further clarify the chiasmus pattern.

Bad men live that they may eat and drink,
whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.  -Socrates (5th Century BC)

Do I love you because you're beautiful? 
Or are you beautiful because I love you?  (Oscar Hammerstein)

When the going gets tough, 
the tough get going!

Ask not what your country can do for you.
Ask what you can do for your country. (JFK)

Let us never negotiate out of fear.
But let us never fear to negotiate.  (JFK)

Mankind must put an end to war,

or war will put an end to mankind.  (JFK)

Note: Some rhetorical glossaries distinguish between chiasmus (diagonal arrangement of ideas and grammar) and antimetabole (diagonal arrangement of exact words). According to this, every example on this page is antimetabole. However, chiasmus is the more common term, and this subtle distinction is probably beyond what most speakers care about. So, I’ll follow the lead of those who describe both as chiasmus, like Jay Heinrichs. The key point is not knowing what it is called, but rather using it in your writing!