The author of this article is Desmond Tutu.

People of South Africa predicted that the most ghostly catastrophe would befall them; that as sure as anything, they would be devastated by a comprehensive bloodbath.

Context clues are the surrounding words or phrases that may help you identify a word's connotation.

A point of view is the attitude toward an idea.

Compound adjectives are two or more words that combine to form an adjective and modify a noun.

Desmond Tutu was the Archbishop of Cape Town.

On April 27, 1994, Nelson Mandela was the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

A denotation is a word's literal meaning, as found in the dictionary, and connotations are the ideas and emotions associated with that word.

Logos appeals to an audience's sense of logic and often includes concrete examples as evidence to support the author's point of view.

Compound modifiers is when a compound adjective comes directly before a noun.

After being ordained an Anglican Priest, Desmond taught theology.

Desmond uses anecdotes to illustrate acts of forgiveness.

Exhilarated

Rhetorical devices are strategies authors use to persuade readers to agree with their point of view.

Pathos is a quality that appeals to readers' emotions.
Ethos is a characteristic that helps authors establish that they are credible authorities.

Compound modifier requires a hyphen (-)

This article was adapted from the speech Desmond gave when he accepted an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto in 2000.

The reputation of “Our country’’ conveys each person in South Africa as a one , which tells us that all of South Africa

Positive: Great, Significant.
Negative: Weighty, Mammoth.

Desmond's purpose was to persuade his audience to share his point of view.

If the compound adjective follows a noun.

Desmond achieved a lot of things for SA including:
1. He was a South African civil rights activist.
2. He worked to bring equality to South Africa.
3. He taught theology.
4. He drew national and international attention to the inequalities of apartheid.
5. He advocated for all oppressed people who struggle for freedom and equality.

The people of SA chose to follow the path of “confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation” instead of revenge and retribution.

- when she graduated with honors.
- when she passed her exams.
- when she got an internship.

Purpose
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
Rhetorical devices

- Compound adjectives that include numbers.
- when a compound adjective comes in a series.
- after the prefixes self-, all- and ex-
- after prefixes that come before a proper noun