HW DUE WED/ 9/26

9III 2nd: 
 

HW DUE WED. 9/26: 

Using the 'quote sheet' provided to you in class today, CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO from F451 and write a complete ONE PARAGRAPH (6-8 sentences) QUOTE ANALYSIS (QA)/precis ROUGH DRAFT

**explain what the speaker 'means' through his words (either Faber or Beatty) and HOW this quote has significance in terms of the society/context of Bradbury's text

**DO NOT, however, use this analysis as a "SOAP BOX" for your opinions; remember: this is a literary ANALYSIS paragraph; keep this within the bounds of an OBJECTIVE 'break-down' of ideas

TO GUIDE YOUR DRAFT:

--WRITTEN OR TYPED/MLA-STYLE; get in the habit of practicing this MLA format (header, heading, double-spaced, 12pt font, centered title, 1 inch margins) EVERY TIME!

--NO PASSIVE VOICE (use your "POWER VERBS" sheet given to you today)

--3rd person-objective point of view

--PRESENT tense

--use proper transitional ELEMENTS 

--intro sentence w/main idea/key elements of text (within first 1-2 sentences)

--incorporate TWO BLENDED QUOTES into your paragraph

--AVOID RUN-ONs, COMMA SPLICES, FRAGMENTS in your writing

--AVOID meta-discourse and "the abyss of incoherence" (i.e. have a CONCLUDING REMARK; a 'so what?' for your precis)

********FYI: FINAL/FORMAL MLA-STYLE DRAFT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT DUE FRI. 9/28!!!!

9th 3rd/4th:

HW DUE ***THURS. 9/27 (LOOK AT THIS DATE!!! I AM GIVING YOU THE ASSIGNMENT NOW!!)

**J#10 “TMDG:” "The next morning...."

YOUR ENDING TO THIS "OPEN-ENDED" short story

**in writing section of binder, create a 'new' ending to "TMDG"

--include at least Rainsford and/or General Zaroff

--ONE PAGE, story form

--be creative!

--be ready to share your ideas!