Thursday, October 1, 2020

**1st/2nd AP/ENG 1101 WKEND HW ASSIGNMENT DUE COMPLETED MON. 10/5**

 1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1101


*HW DUE MON. 10/5: 

1) read the excerpt from *MLK Jr's “I Have a Dream” speech given to you in class THURS. 10/1 (*SUPPLEMENTAL RDG. section of binder)

**If you need it, here's a LINK to the ENTIRE SPEECHstart reading and 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."


MLK, Jr. from "I Have A Dream"


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 THAT YOU ARE NOT WRITING AN ESSAY RESPONSE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!! 
  • 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*TBA, A GRADE FOR ONE OF THREE ANNOTATED TEXTS WE'VE COMPLETED/DISCUSSED OF YOUR CHOICE IS COMING UP/TBA, SO DO YOUR BEST WORK!

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