HW DUE MON. 1/28

12II 1st:

FOR MON. 1/28: 

**ATTENTION: POST-TEST/QUIZ (for a grade this time!) on 'Sentence Patterns/Errors' will now be on Monday 1/28


12III 2nd/4th:

HW DUE MON. 1/28:

*Read Virginia Woolf's essay "Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid" 
--on paper/on the back of the packet, ANSWER the FOUR (4) marked questions at the end of the text

PLEASE NOTE! DISCUSSION OF THIS TEXT IN LIGHT OF RECENT CHANGES TO MILITARY/INFANTRY/COMBAT GENDER ROLES WILL BE A MAJOR PART OF YOUR GRADE NEXT WEEK! 

**ATTENTION THOSE OF YOU ABSENT THURS. 1/24 and ALL of 4th block:

1.) use the following link to Woolf's text:

http://www.ibiblio.org/sally/Thoughts_on_Peace.html
 
2.) after reading the text, ON PAPER ANSWER the FOUR (4) questions below:

*What is the effect of beginning the essay in the first-person plural, present tense?

*In paragraph 5, Woolf writes, “Hitlers are bred by slaves.” How can such a paradoxical statement be accurate? What is the effect of following that short sentence with the abrupt three-word sentence in paragraph 6?

*What are the purpose and effect of the rhetorical questions in paragraph 7? Woolf concludes paragraph 7 with the aphoristic statement “We must compensate the man for the loss of his guns.” What does she mean?

*Explain whether you believe that Woolf’s suggestions about the relationship between gender and warfare, between gender and aggression are still relevant.