Monday, December 12, 2016

Agenda, December 12

  • Due Now: Review the definitions of rhetorical strategies that you've already been quizzed on this year. Know the definitions and be able to recognize examples.
  • Due Now: Says/Does/Because for "Two Ways to Belong in America," by Bharati Mukherjee, from 50 Essays, 2nd edition. Add it to your Bib. 
  • Due Tuesday: "'I Just Wanna Be Average'," by Mike Rose, from 50 Essays, 2nd edition. Read it with a dictionary open. Add it to your Bib (pay attention to the quotation marks).
  • Due Wednesday, 12/14: Optional Essay: Write a narrative or an argument that answers this question: How would you solve the public health crisis of gun violence? MLA format. 650-750 words. Include word count under the header on page 1. 

Agenda:

  1. Device and Purpose
  2. The synth prompt, just for kicks
  3. Who is somebody?
  4. Diction in "Two Ways ..."
  5. Says / Does / Because ...

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