**ATTENTION 4th HONORS AMLIT HW DUE WED. 4/14**

 4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

**IMPORTANT MAJOR WRITING DRAFT HW DUE WED. 4/14:

As discussed/detailed here and in class MON. 4/12 and TUES. 4/13, make sure WED. 4/14 you have YOUR **COMPLETED ROUGH DRAFT** of the AP LANGUAGE-STYLE** LITERARY ANALYSIS FOUR-PARAGRAPH ESSAY for "The Pedestrian" (**more on this to come)

**HERE IS THE PROMPT FOR THIS MAJOR/MULTI-DRAFTED ESSAY RESPONSE:

Ray Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian" illustrates the THEME that TECHNOLOGY CAN ISOLATE PEOPLE AND INHIBIT THE SHARING OF THOUGHTS, IDEAS, AND EMOTIONS. Write an organized FOUR-PARAGRAPH essay that ANALYZES TWO SPECIFIC LITERARY DEVICES Bradbury uses in his short story to convey this theme.

CHECKLIST FOR COMPLETED ROUGH DRAFT DUE WED. 4/14 **either TYPED or WRITTEN NEATLY/COMPLETELY**:

__ UNDERSTAND THE PROMPT. Audience? Purpose(s)? Context? Do you 'get' each of these and what you're being asked to do in this response??
__Choose the TWO SPECIFIC LIT. DEVICES you'll be using as the basis for your analysis of Bradbury's text (**USE YOUR HIGHLIGHTED COPY OF THE SHORT STORY FROM CLASS DISCUSSION TO GUIDE YOU!!): 

• a ___ tone [*NOTES on your story from class discussion]
• ___ imagery [*be VERY specific here based on your notes/highlights from class!!]  
  
• *antithesis [*definition of term/device in your NOTES from class discussion/highlights in your story of specific examples of this term]
• symbolism
• **repetition [*NOTES/highlights on your story from class discussion; **YOU CAN ONLY USE REPETITION as ONE of your DEVICES--not TWO difference instances of repetition; for example: the repetition of "one" and the repetition of "empty"--choose either/or]

__HANDWRITTEN or TYPED DRAFT--either is fine
__ RESPOND TO THE PROMPT IN FOUR PARAGRAPHS:

1. INTRO PARA. (3-4 sent.) with author/text, *with THESIS/CLAIM as LAST SENTENCE of this paragraph*
2. BODY PARA. (5-6 sent.) analyzing LIT. DEVICE #1 in the text/tie to theme
3. BODY PARA. (5-6 sent.) analyzing LIT. DEVICE #2 in the text/tie to theme
4. CONCLUSION PARA (4-5 sent.) tying all BACK to your thesis/claim in the intro 

__ Incorporate IN EACH BODY PARAGRAPH AT LEAST ONE "significant BLENDED quote/piece of text evidence" from the text to illustrate/add to your analysis of the TWO LIT. TERMS YOU CHOSE from Bradbury's short story and theme and use the correct in-text citation (Bradbury).

__ AVOID 1st or 2nd person pronouns

__Write about this text in PRESENT TENSE!

__ Be careful to avoid using EVALUATION statements--don't 'judge' with your response, just ANALYZE THE TEXT and how it shows the THEME!
__ LIMIT the use of PASSIVE VOICE ('be' verbs)--use STRONG ACTION VERBS whenever possible

__ USE EFFECTIVE TRANSITIONS, PLEASE!

__Make sure you provide an effective CONCLUSION to your response and tie back to the THEME!

__ As usual, check for LETTER-GRADE ERRORS [CS/FRAG/RO] and misc. proofreading issues that may distract from your ideas or analysis

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**ALSO PLEASE NOTE:  Remember that MON. 4/12 together we created a correct MLA 8th edition WORK CITED entry/citation for "The Pedestrian" short story to place at the bottom of your essay**

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AGAIN, PLEASE UNDERSTAND: 

• bring a PRINTED OR WRITTEN COPY (*OR HAVE EMAILED TO ME LONG BEFORE 4th block!) of this completed ROUGH DRAFT ANALYSIS ESSAY for Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian" with you WEDNESDAY 4/14 FOR A COMPLETION GRADE

• IN CLASS TUES. 4/13 and WED. 4/14, I will give you further instructions on what we will do next with these drafts!