HW DUE TUES. 1/15

 12II 1st:

HW DUE TOMORROW 1/13:

ESSAY #2: "What Is ....?" METAPHORICAL/ANECDOTAL PERSONAL ESSAY

--BRING YOUR REVISION/FINAL DRAFT
--typed (12pt/Times New Roman/Calibri font) OR written IN PEN/DOUBLE-spaced, MLA-style heading/header)

--ALL SAME REQUIREMENTS AS LAST TIME (MINUS THE MLA CITATION) 
**ELEMENTS REQUIRED:
--SIX (6) "____ is...." statements in your paragraphs
--THREE (3) 'RHETORICAL Qu's" in your paragraphs 

***PLEASE NOTE there will be NO in-class lab time for typing, re-typing, or correcting this essay! PLEASE do this all on your own time and be ready to TURN IN FINAL DRAFT WHEN WE START CLASS TOMORROW!

12III 3rd/4th:

HW DUE TUES. 1/15: 

1) read the excerpt from *MLK Jr's “I Have a Dream” speech (*supplemental rdg section of binder)

**Here's a LINK to the entire speech' start reading/annotating at: 
"I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream...."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/17/i-have-a-dream-speech-text_n_809993.html


2) IDENTIFY and annotate/mark THREE (3) SPECIFIC devices/lit. terms (i.e. repetition, irony, metaphor, allusion, tone, parallel structure, diction, understatement, etc.) you feel you could write about based on the AP language rhetorical analysis 'mock' question below:

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech given in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.  In it, King speaks about the need to re-examine the issue of racial inequality in the U.S.  Read the passage carefully.  **Then write an essay which analyzes the language elements King incorporates in order to convince his audience of the urgent need for change.

**PLEASE NOTE: you are NOT writing an essay response here!  Annotate specifically, as outlined above, any terms and devices/elements you see that would help you write a rhetorical analysis essay that addresses the question above.