Pre-Co-op
Please begin collecting definitions of rhetoric (NOT from a dictionary and definitely NOT from Wikipedia...more on that later!) You might want to ask a few friends or family members, or find mentions of "rhetoric" in the news or editorials. What do YOU think rhetoric is??
Create a list of 20-30 "issues" which cause disagreement, argument, or attempts at persuasion. Try to think beyond abortion and global warming; what issues do you hear currently on the news or discuss at the dinner table? What topics are polarizing America right now? When your list is complete, highlight the issues which most interest you.
This next assignment will take some time and thought! You need to construct a speech of introduction for our first class. Since we all know quite a bit about one another, try to include some fascinating tidbits you might have withheld up until now! Give us some insight into who you are and who you hope to become.
When it's your turn to speak, write your name on the board, turn, pause, and begin with an attention-getter.
Your speech should last only 2-3 minutes. Delivery should be extemporaneous. You will submit a written copy, but please DO NOT read it. You may use note cards if you wish. Please practice; deliver the speech several times before class. When you've finished, say "thank you" and sit down as we applaud!
Create a list of 20-30 "issues" which cause disagreement, argument, or attempts at persuasion. Try to think beyond abortion and global warming; what issues do you hear currently on the news or discuss at the dinner table? What topics are polarizing America right now? When your list is complete, highlight the issues which most interest you.
This next assignment will take some time and thought! You need to construct a speech of introduction for our first class. Since we all know quite a bit about one another, try to include some fascinating tidbits you might have withheld up until now! Give us some insight into who you are and who you hope to become.
When it's your turn to speak, write your name on the board, turn, pause, and begin with an attention-getter.
Your speech should last only 2-3 minutes. Delivery should be extemporaneous. You will submit a written copy, but please DO NOT read it. You may use note cards if you wish. Please practice; deliver the speech several times before class. When you've finished, say "thank you" and sit down as we applaud!
Week # 1
Needed info found on the figures tab.Let's start with the figures hunt! Anaphora, epistrophe, and anadiplosis...for each figure, write the TYPE of figure (figure of repetition), the figure's name, its definition, and then as many examples as you can find. (If it helps, jot down a mnemonic such as X_____X____X____)
Remember to bring the book to class so we can share and appreciate your results.
I know there's been a flurry of activity with your weeblies. When your work there for this week is done, send me a link to your site. You need to post PJs # 1 and 2: a list of 20-30 compelling issues followed by a short summary of your stance right now on ten of those issues.
Read Aristotle 1.1-1.3, followed by RA 1-13. Prepare for the DQ on 14-15. On pages 20-21 you will find instructions for preparing a short declamation.
Remember to bring the book to class so we can share and appreciate your results.
I know there's been a flurry of activity with your weeblies. When your work there for this week is done, send me a link to your site. You need to post PJs # 1 and 2: a list of 20-30 compelling issues followed by a short summary of your stance right now on ten of those issues.
Read Aristotle 1.1-1.3, followed by RA 1-13. Prepare for the DQ on 14-15. On pages 20-21 you will find instructions for preparing a short declamation.
Week # 2
Please post PJ # 3. Identify fully the opposing stance on each of those issues.
Read over the DQ on RA pages 14 and 15 to be fully prepared for discussing The Allegory of the Cave.
Continue with figures diacope, epanalepsis, and antimetabole.
Read over the DQ on RA pages 14 and 15 to be fully prepared for discussing The Allegory of the Cave.
Continue with figures diacope, epanalepsis, and antimetabole.
Week # 3
PJ # 4 Argue FOR a position to which you are vehemently opposed.
Read RA 31-35, 36-39
Prepare the discussion questions (DQ) on pages 40-42)
Read Patrick Henry's speech at http://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm , looking carefully at the ethos he displays.
Write a character description imitating the Theophrastus samples you were give.
Read A II.12-17. You will need to take good notes here, as Aristotle covers a lot of ground!
This week's figures: conduplicatio, scesis onomaton, and epizeuxis.
Read RA 31-35, 36-39
Prepare the discussion questions (DQ) on pages 40-42)
Read Patrick Henry's speech at http://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm , looking carefully at the ethos he displays.
Write a character description imitating the Theophrastus samples you were give.
Read A II.12-17. You will need to take good notes here, as Aristotle covers a lot of ground!
This week's figures: conduplicatio, scesis onomaton, and epizeuxis.
Week # 4
Prepare presentation RA 46.
WS College Application letter RA 42. Below you will find some prompts fron this year's Common Application. You may respond to one of these following the same instructions on RA 42.
2016-2017 Essay Prompts
1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
2. The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
3. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
4. Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma - anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
5. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Read A 11.1-11.11. (Questions under tab.)
Complete the wordsearch by finding TWENTY new terms which should also be in your glossary!
Remember to do the Ethos page of the handout (you know, the one with the goofy sketch of Aristotle on the front....)
WS College Application letter RA 42. Below you will find some prompts fron this year's Common Application. You may respond to one of these following the same instructions on RA 42.
2016-2017 Essay Prompts
1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
2. The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
3. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
4. Describe a problem you've solved or a problem you'd like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma - anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
5. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
Read A 11.1-11.11. (Questions under tab.)
Complete the wordsearch by finding TWENTY new terms which should also be in your glossary!
Remember to do the Ethos page of the handout (you know, the one with the goofy sketch of Aristotle on the front....)
Week # 5
Read RA 49-54.
Complete the reading of Julius Caesar (RA 57-63). Note where and how Antony demolishes Brutus' argument. Read carefully for uses of ethos and pathos, while looking also for figurative language. Prepare DQ, RA 64-65.
RA 68-69 lists several emotions. Follow the directions to create TWO short speeches.
RA 70-73 present several poetry selections. Prepare one for delivery, trying to rely less on the written text. For each selection, determine what emotion is being evoked. (Yes, you have to read them all!) As per directions, posture will be the focus, in addition to voice.
Continue working on the appeals worksheets; complete through the pathos pages.
Read: Matthew 23
G. W. Bush's "Bullhorn" speech found at
"A Hanging" by George Orwell
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Figures of pathos: adhortatio, adynaton, aposiopesis, and enargia
Week # 6
Read RA Chapter Four (74-80) and Aristotle 2.22. all on enthymeme.
Re-read "Give Me Liberty" (81-83) and prepare corresponding discussion questions (84).
Post as PJ # 5 a short, pathetic piece on an issue that is beginning to be your own most intriguing.
Continue to search out figures, including the new: simile and metaphor.
Re-read "Give Me Liberty" (81-83) and prepare corresponding discussion questions (84).
Post as PJ # 5 a short, pathetic piece on an issue that is beginning to be your own most intriguing.
Continue to search out figures, including the new: simile and metaphor.
Week # 7
Complete the RA pages begun in class ((85-88). Copy the enthymemes you create onto notecards for a class activity.
Read RA 91-99.
Read RA 100-101 (Plato). Prepare DQ 102-103
Read Aristotle 2.20-21 (example and maxim) and prepare the associated questions.
WS: RA 104-107 Write out a complete scenario for the paired maxims 1-5.
WS:RA 108-111 Create a poem in imitation of Dickinson. Pay close attention to the instructions for creating analogies.
RA 112-113 ONLY read this section. Use the information to write a very short fable connected to your issue and post as PJ # 6.
Leave one comment on each of your classmates PJ blog.
Read Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech and FDR's "Pearl Harbor" speech. Both can be found at the American Rhetoric site. (http://www.americanrhetoric.com/)
Read RA 91-99.
Read RA 100-101 (Plato). Prepare DQ 102-103
Read Aristotle 2.20-21 (example and maxim) and prepare the associated questions.
WS: RA 104-107 Write out a complete scenario for the paired maxims 1-5.
WS:RA 108-111 Create a poem in imitation of Dickinson. Pay close attention to the instructions for creating analogies.
RA 112-113 ONLY read this section. Use the information to write a very short fable connected to your issue and post as PJ # 6.
Leave one comment on each of your classmates PJ blog.
Read Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech and FDR's "Pearl Harbor" speech. Both can be found at the American Rhetoric site. (http://www.americanrhetoric.com/)
Week # 8
Read Aristotle 2.19. Take really good notes here!
Continue the figures hunt...listen carefully to your music and podcasts.
Begin reading Aristotle 2.23. This material is very complex and you will need to complete the associated worksheets placed in your mailbox yesterday. (due week 10)
PJs!!!
# 7 Five actual past facts that apply to your issue
# 8 Construct one analogy pertinent to your issue (you can rely on the info in RA 108-109)
# 9 Find a maxim applicable to issue and write an amplification of its wisdom.
Next week (my grading week) I would like to check your RA books, your figures books, and the appeals worksheets.
Continue the figures hunt...listen carefully to your music and podcasts.
Begin reading Aristotle 2.23. This material is very complex and you will need to complete the associated worksheets placed in your mailbox yesterday. (due week 10)
PJs!!!
# 7 Five actual past facts that apply to your issue
# 8 Construct one analogy pertinent to your issue (you can rely on the info in RA 108-109)
# 9 Find a maxim applicable to issue and write an amplification of its wisdom.
Next week (my grading week) I would like to check your RA books, your figures books, and the appeals worksheets.
Week # 9
Run your issue through the Questions for the Common Topics (found under Handouits tab0. Post as PJ # 10 and read and comment on classmates' posts.
Complete reading (and the associated worksheets) for Aristotle !!.23 (28 lines of argument). If possible, connect your attempts to your issue and bring to class next week.
As always, continue to listen and look for figures of speech.
Complete reading (and the associated worksheets) for Aristotle !!.23 (28 lines of argument). If possible, connect your attempts to your issue and bring to class next week.
As always, continue to listen and look for figures of speech.
Week # 10
Mea culpa! I did receive feedback from Mrs. Cifarelli last Saturday, so here is the update.
Please make sure to have completed and bring to class the Common Topics and 28 Lines worksheets.
Read RA 118-121, which is a very cursory over view of Invention. Also read over the chart on page 122.
Read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", RA 124-136. Complete the DQ 138-139. Highlight or otherwise note use of the Topics, figures, or ethos, pathos, and logos. Read slowly and carefully!
Ask friends and family to define these two words: acalculia and logorrhea. DO NOT look up the definitions! (And do not ask Christine Fischer!!)
Please make sure to have completed and bring to class the Common Topics and 28 Lines worksheets.
Read RA 118-121, which is a very cursory over view of Invention. Also read over the chart on page 122.
Read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", RA 124-136. Complete the DQ 138-139. Highlight or otherwise note use of the Topics, figures, or ethos, pathos, and logos. Read slowly and carefully!
Ask friends and family to define these two words: acalculia and logorrhea. DO NOT look up the definitions! (And do not ask Christine Fischer!!)
Week # 11
Be prepared for class with a completed definition worksheet. Remember to have handy your topics worksheets also.
PJ # 11: take the three most important terms for your issue and define them as thoroughly as possible, incorporating as many of the means of definition as you can.
Week # 12
Please hand in next week your definition worksheet.
You have from now until we meet again to craft a richly worded, well thought out definition of any term associated with your issue. As demonstrated by the article we discussed in class, this term may be only tangentially related, but defined by you to bring greater clarity to the issue. (Ie., before reading that piece I might never have come up with the term "neighbor" as definitive for the abortion issue....) You have so much time for this. Ask advice from family and friends; brainstorm much before you begin! Attach any prewriting to the rough and final drafts you will hand in. Also post as PJ # 12 and feel free to comment on each other's work.
PJ # 13: Find three term directly related to your issue and compose a very brief argument from the topic of comparison. Think of the class exercise. "Term" is like/unlike/greater than "not term" because.......
Continue to add to your figures collection! Solidify each in your understanding. Try to incorporate them in your writing when necessary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhtuMrMVJDk (for your interest)
Week # 13
Week # 14
Week # 15
PJ # 14 Write a very short and humorous or unexpected, even impossible "cause" or "effect" related to your issue.
You received in your mailbox a list of questions derived from the topics. Use each question to examine your issue.
We helped each other decide on some search terms related to your issues, but let me remind you they are not just for Google; use them at your library too! (And reference librarians just love to help in your searches.)
Read the excerpts from Douglass and Brooks.
If you stumble upon any sites that would help others...share!
Read Ari 1.4-1.9 and complete the associated questions.
After that is done, read Rhetoric Alive, 242-245.
Read 251-252 and prepare DQ 253-254.Read 246-247;prepare DQ 248-250.
Oral presentation 256: Imitate "day of Infamy" speech only.
Review your genre chart.
New figures: asyndeton, polysyndeton, and parallelism. Continue to add new examples to each page!
You received in your mailbox a list of questions derived from the topics. Use each question to examine your issue.
We helped each other decide on some search terms related to your issues, but let me remind you they are not just for Google; use them at your library too! (And reference librarians just love to help in your searches.)
Read the excerpts from Douglass and Brooks.
If you stumble upon any sites that would help others...share!
Read Ari 1.4-1.9 and complete the associated questions.
After that is done, read Rhetoric Alive, 242-245.
Read 251-252 and prepare DQ 253-254.Read 246-247;prepare DQ 248-250.
Oral presentation 256: Imitate "day of Infamy" speech only.
Review your genre chart.
New figures: asyndeton, polysyndeton, and parallelism. Continue to add new examples to each page!
Week # 16
.Find five news article that deal with the topics for political deliberation Aristotle enumerated.
Prepare a 2-3 minute deliberative speech in which you will try to persuade us about some facet of your issue.
Next week we will also present our imitations of FDR's Pearl Harbor speech'.
Analyze St. Crispin's day speech for Henry's use of the topics Aristotle laid out for deliberation.
Read Orwell's "A Hanging" and H.L. Mencken's "The Penalty of Death". Print and annotate or bring copious notes.
New figure: antithesis
Keeping training your ear to "hear" figures and add them to your book.
Prepare a 2-3 minute deliberative speech in which you will try to persuade us about some facet of your issue.
Next week we will also present our imitations of FDR's Pearl Harbor speech'.
Analyze St. Crispin's day speech for Henry's use of the topics Aristotle laid out for deliberation.
Read Orwell's "A Hanging" and H.L. Mencken's "The Penalty of Death". Print and annotate or bring copious notes.
New figure: antithesis
Keeping training your ear to "hear" figures and add them to your book.
Week # 17
Prepare a short deliberative argument (for oral presentation) in which you ask your audience to DO something. (Think Henry V).
Next we hope to begin considering ceremonial rhetoric. In preparation, read Aristotle 1.9.
Next we hope to begin considering ceremonial rhetoric. In preparation, read Aristotle 1.9.
Week # 18
Tweak week 17's deliberative speech to purposefully include some appeals to Aristotle's notion of "the good" and his constituent parts of happiness. Run your topic through the Common Topics and add appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos. Got figures? Get all rhetorical!
Read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. (Under handouts tab) Please bring a print copy to class.
Read RA 260-265.
Read RA 266-286 and DQ 269-270.
Read RA 271-273 and DQ 274-276.
RA writing workshop 277-278 Create an epideictic speech for oral presentation.
RA 279-28I Imitation of "Duty, Honor, Country"
Update your figures book constantly!
Mrs. Cifarelli will lead a discussion of the"Take a Knee" essays. Be prepared!
Read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. (Under handouts tab) Please bring a print copy to class.
Read RA 260-265.
Read RA 266-286 and DQ 269-270.
Read RA 271-273 and DQ 274-276.
RA writing workshop 277-278 Create an epideictic speech for oral presentation.
RA 279-28I Imitation of "Duty, Honor, Country"
Update your figures book constantly!
Mrs. Cifarelli will lead a discussion of the"Take a Knee" essays. Be prepared!
Week # 19
PJ # 15 Think back to Aristotle's virtues...how are they exemplified in Jesus Christ?
Read Aristotle 1.10-1.15. Yes, it's lengthy and dense. Take your time and remember to do the associated questions. Try to be able to chart the information in class.
Read RA 292-295 and DQ 294-295.
We hope to catch on on Oral Presentations, so if you've been skipped (sniff, sniff) on any, be prepared. (This includes your 'tweaked' deliberative messages.)
Be thinking about how you might prepare a forensic speech concerning your issue; be prepared to share.
New figures: rhetorical questions.
Mrs. C. gave you one good example while discussing the Douglass speech...but there are more!
Read Aristotle 1.10-1.15. Yes, it's lengthy and dense. Take your time and remember to do the associated questions. Try to be able to chart the information in class.
Read RA 292-295 and DQ 294-295.
We hope to catch on on Oral Presentations, so if you've been skipped (sniff, sniff) on any, be prepared. (This includes your 'tweaked' deliberative messages.)
Be thinking about how you might prepare a forensic speech concerning your issue; be prepared to share.
New figures: rhetorical questions.
Mrs. C. gave you one good example while discussing the Douglass speech...but there are more!
Week # 20
Read "Socrates's Defense" under Handouts tab.
PJ # 16 Take your issue through the stasis questions; begin to determine where any conflict lies.
Prepare the Workshop on RA 296
Read RA 286-291.
Preview RA WS 286 for class.
Review Forensic Oratory material for a quiz.
Review Sir Thomas More
Read R. Reagan's Challenger address.
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Be ready to orally present any work we may have missed (check above if necessary).
PJ # 16 Take your issue through the stasis questions; begin to determine where any conflict lies.
Prepare the Workshop on RA 296
Read RA 286-291.
Preview RA WS 286 for class.
Review Forensic Oratory material for a quiz.
Review Sir Thomas More
Read R. Reagan's Challenger address.
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Be ready to orally present any work we may have missed (check above if necessary).
Week # 21
Pick a well known Biblical crime and answer the forensic questions. Use your book and notes to do a thorough, well-written job.
Please get your glossaries up to date.
Here are directions for your writing assignment, followed by a link to the NPR website where you can find additional ideas, information, and inspiration. Please hand in both a rough, revised, and hand edited draft and a clean final draft.
Tell a story about you: Be specific. Take your belief out of the ether and ground it in the events that have shaped your core values. Consider moments when belief was formed or tested or changed. Think of your own experience, work, and family, and tell of the things you know that no one else does. Your story need not be heart-warming or gut-wrenching—it can even be funny—but it should be real. Make sure your story ties to the essence of your daily life philosophy and the shaping of your beliefs.
Be brief: Your statement should be between 500 and 600 words. That’s about three minutes when read aloud at your natural pace.
Name your belief: If you can’t name it in a sentence or two, your essay might not be about belief. Also, rather than writing a list, consider focusing on one core belief.
Be positive: Write about what you do believe, not what you don’t believe. Avoid statements of religious dogma, preaching, or editorializing.
Be personal: Make your essay about you; speak in the first person. Avoid speaking in the editorial “we.” Tell a story from your own life; this is not an opinion piece about social ideals. Write in words and phrases that are comfortable for you to speak. We recommend you read your essay aloud to yourself several times, and each time edit it and simplify it until you find the words, tone, and story that truly echo your belief and the way you speak.
In introducing the original series, host Edward R. Murrow said, “Never has the need for personal philosophies of this kind been so urgent.” We would argue that the need is as great now as it was 65 years ago.
https://thisibelieve.org/
You do not have any text reading this week.
Continue to discover new figures. This week's figure is allusion. See how many figures you can find in Reagan's Challenger address.
Week # 22
Complete the argument worksheets.
Continue working on your thesis project: sources, premises, alternative delivery...
Update your figures book; listen for them all the time. (I actually got quite distracted in worship Sunday during Scripture reading!)
Please get your glossaries up to date.
Here are directions for your writing assignment, followed by a link to the NPR website where you can find additional ideas, information, and inspiration. Please hand in both a rough, revised, and hand edited draft and a clean final draft.
Tell a story about you: Be specific. Take your belief out of the ether and ground it in the events that have shaped your core values. Consider moments when belief was formed or tested or changed. Think of your own experience, work, and family, and tell of the things you know that no one else does. Your story need not be heart-warming or gut-wrenching—it can even be funny—but it should be real. Make sure your story ties to the essence of your daily life philosophy and the shaping of your beliefs.
Be brief: Your statement should be between 500 and 600 words. That’s about three minutes when read aloud at your natural pace.
Name your belief: If you can’t name it in a sentence or two, your essay might not be about belief. Also, rather than writing a list, consider focusing on one core belief.
Be positive: Write about what you do believe, not what you don’t believe. Avoid statements of religious dogma, preaching, or editorializing.
Be personal: Make your essay about you; speak in the first person. Avoid speaking in the editorial “we.” Tell a story from your own life; this is not an opinion piece about social ideals. Write in words and phrases that are comfortable for you to speak. We recommend you read your essay aloud to yourself several times, and each time edit it and simplify it until you find the words, tone, and story that truly echo your belief and the way you speak.
In introducing the original series, host Edward R. Murrow said, “Never has the need for personal philosophies of this kind been so urgent.” We would argue that the need is as great now as it was 65 years ago.
https://thisibelieve.org/
You do not have any text reading this week.
Continue to discover new figures. This week's figure is allusion. See how many figures you can find in Reagan's Challenger address.
Week # 22
Complete the argument worksheets.
Continue working on your thesis project: sources, premises, alternative delivery...
Update your figures book; listen for them all the time. (I actually got quite distracted in worship Sunday during Scripture reading!)
Week # 23
Look over your timeline for the thesis project...Tomorrow is APRIL!!
Your annotated bibliography is the first item due. See info under Resources tab.
Read RA 312-317.
Prep for presentation as described RA 327.
You do not need to do the associated reading for this chapter.
Please read the Declaration of Independence, found under the Handouts tab. Think of the text as an extended argument. Bring a copy to class.
Your annotated bibliography is the first item due. See info under Resources tab.
Read RA 312-317.
Prep for presentation as described RA 327.
You do not need to do the associated reading for this chapter.
Please read the Declaration of Independence, found under the Handouts tab. Think of the text as an extended argument. Bring a copy to class.
Week # 24
Moving on from INVENTION!
Read RA 149-158. This chapter has so much information!
Review B Jail and DQ 159-161.
RA 162 has a very easy review exercise.
RA 164-167 also reviews the parts of classical arrangement.
Prepare a MINI speech as per RA 168. MINI!!
Read Swift's "A Modest Proposal".
Read RA 149-158. This chapter has so much information!
Review B Jail and DQ 159-161.
RA 162 has a very easy review exercise.
RA 164-167 also reviews the parts of classical arrangement.
Prepare a MINI speech as per RA 168. MINI!!
Read Swift's "A Modest Proposal".
Week # 25
With Arrangement in the rearview mirror, we are moving on to STYLE.
Read RA 170-179.
Figures review: RA 184-187.
Read JFK's Inaugural Address, RA 180-182. DQ 183.
Overdue or due: Annotated bibliography, firm thesis for approval, outline. I'm granting a ONE WEEK extension for the first draft (because you need it!),; all other facets remain on their fixed due dates. Please note the amount of time you will have between second rough and final: you will need that to incorporate suggestions from Mrs. Cifarelli and myself.
Read RA 170-179.
Figures review: RA 184-187.
Read JFK's Inaugural Address, RA 180-182. DQ 183.
Overdue or due: Annotated bibliography, firm thesis for approval, outline. I'm granting a ONE WEEK extension for the first draft (because you need it!),; all other facets remain on their fixed due dates. Please note the amount of time you will have between second rough and final: you will need that to incorporate suggestions from Mrs. Cifarelli and myself.
Week # 26
Please review each other's outlines. Annotate to show the types of arguments being offered, where some different topic of invention might be suitable, any weaknesses or strengths you find notable.
Review the handout "Rules for Formal Writing".
Read RA Ch. 9, 193-200.
Read 201-203, DQ 204-205.
Review JFK's Inaugural Address.
As for your thesis project: Try filling out the 2 worksheets to gather some more arguments. PLEASE draft early. Settle on a project for your alternative delivery. FOUR weeks left, people!
Figures:
anastrophe
antimetabole
chiasmus
climax
ellipsis
polyptoton
hyperbole
litote
You may skip the rest.
If you have some free time, watch this TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do (Just 20 minutes!)
And, ahem, your GLOSSARIES. Y
Review the handout "Rules for Formal Writing".
Read RA Ch. 9, 193-200.
Read 201-203, DQ 204-205.
Review JFK's Inaugural Address.
As for your thesis project: Try filling out the 2 worksheets to gather some more arguments. PLEASE draft early. Settle on a project for your alternative delivery. FOUR weeks left, people!
Figures:
anastrophe
antimetabole
chiasmus
climax
ellipsis
polyptoton
hyperbole
litote
You may skip the rest.
If you have some free time, watch this TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do (Just 20 minutes!)
And, ahem, your GLOSSARIES. Y
Week # 27
HOME STRETCH!!
Utmost importance _ Alternative Delivery of your argument.
Read RA 212-217.
Work on rwevising your draft. Incorporate as much as you can from your PJs and worksheets. Don't focus on telling me your opinion.
Correct TWO of those awful thesis statements.
Utmost importance _ Alternative Delivery of your argument.
Read RA 212-217.
Work on rwevising your draft. Incorporate as much as you can from your PJs and worksheets. Don't focus on telling me your opinion.
Correct TWO of those awful thesis statements.