Wednesday, January 23, 2013

**REMINDER: HW DUE THURS. 1/24

12II 1st:

**FOR THURS. 1/24; NO HOMEWORK
--we will be in the computer lab tomorrow!


12III 2nd/4th:

HW DUE THURS. 1/24:

1) READ/study the texts in WAR PACKET PART III (graph/Mead text/letter to Hussein), then complete/answer the Qu’s marked for the three texts/readings! 

2) DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF ONE RHETORICAL ANALYSIS EXTENDED PARAGRAPH: 

*USE THE FOLLOWING AS YOUR PARAGRAPH TITLE:
*Jones "The First Day"
*Wiesel: Nobel Acceptance Speech
*King from "I Have A Dream"
*Herman from Coming Out of the Ice

**USE THE FOLLOWING AS YOUR IN-TEXT CITATIONS:
*blended "quote" (Jones).
*blended "quote" (Wiesel).
*blended "quote" (King).
*blended "quote" (Herman).    

--for your text, pick ONE APPEAL (ethos/pathos/logos) to focus on, and find TWO language devices (tone, syntax, metaphor, antithesis, imagery, specific diction, punctuation, specific repetition, cause-effect, etc. etc.) within that text to SUPPORT YOUR APPEAL toward the AUDIENCE and PURPOSE of that text/the "HOW" of the text


***CHECKLIST FOR COMPLETION:
__Is my format basic MLA-STYLE?
__Is my ext. para. "Title" correct? (*see above) 
__Have I chosen ONE appeal (ethos/pathos/logos) and carried it throughout my paragraph (intro to conclusion)?
__What TWO devices/terms did I use to back up my claims about my appeal?
__Have I considered BOTH the AUDIENCE and PURPOSE of this text and this assignment?
__Are my "quotes blended" and CITED properly (**see above), then related to my rhetorical analysis (#)?    
__Have I followed ALL the suggestions/revisions to make from my first extended paragraph?
__Did I PROOFREAD FOR ERRORS?? *Especially MLA silly errors, plus COMMA SPLICES/FRAGMENTS/RUN-ONs and SEMICOLON ERRORS!!!

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