Wednesday, January 16, 2013

HW DUE THURS. 1/17

12II 1st

HW DUE THURS. 1/17:

**IN YOUR RED GRAMMAR WKBK, COMPLETE:
1.) "APPOSITIVES" pp. 45 EXERCISE #2 and pp. 46 EXERCISE #1/EXERCISE #2 #s 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

2) "VOICE/'PV'--Active vs. Passive" pp. 102 EXERCISE #1 and **EXERCISE #2 REWRITE THE PARAGRAPH 
 **on pp. 102, PAY ATTENTION TO INSTRUCTIONS! You are to CHANGE FIVE PV uses to ACTIVE VOICE!!! **look on pp. 99 and pp. 101 at top of page for a help/reference!!!


12III 2nd/4th

HW DUE THURS. 1/17: 

1) Read the excerpt from Herman's autobiographical memoir Coming Out of the Ice 

2) Look for and ANNOTATE ONLY TERMS AND LANGUAGE DEVICES THAT USE LOGOS APPEAL; in other words, what strategies does the author/narrator use to reveal logical structure/order/etc. to his readers? 

**SOME TERMS/DEVICES TO CONSIDER as you annotate 
--examples of "____ DICTION" (*be specific here!!)
--SYNTAX (sentence order)/STRUCTURE
--PUNCTUATION CHOICE
--**PARALLEL STRUCTURE/juxtaposition (**from class today)
--**SPECIFIC repetition types (**from class today)
--POINT OF VIEW/TENSE of narrative
--metaphorical comparisons
--FIVE SENSES imagery   

**These are the points we will focus on in our discussion THURSDAY!

**BACKGROUND LINK TO HERMAN'S LIFE/PURSUITS:
http://www.parachutehistory.com/skydive/records/highalt/1934.html 

 

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