Agenda, September 9

Due Dates:

• Now: A personal narrative about an experience in nature or an experience in the city (in MLA format)
• Now: "How To Read Essays You Must Analyze." 
• Now: "Why Don't We Complain?" by William F. Buckley, Jr. (Handout). Apply the strategies in "
  How To Read Essays You Must Analyze" to "Why Don't We Complain?"
• Tomorrow: Bring both your argument and your narrative.
• Tomorrow: "Budget Mix-Up .." (Handout). Practice your "How to Read" skills
• Friday, September 11: Rhetorical Devices Quiz

Agenda

1. Simile, Metaphor, Analogy
2. "Why Don't We Complain?" Whole Class Discussion
3. Narrative Peer Review
4. Narrative Revision Task
5. Hyperbole, Understatement, Litotes