Monday, August 16, 2021

**ATTENTION 1st/2nd block APLANG/1101 HW DUE *WED. 8/18**

 1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1101


HW DUE WED. 8/18: 

1) Read E.P. Jones' short story [SUPPLEMENTAL SECTION OF BINDER/paper copy given to you in class MON. 8/16], "The First Day" and:
  • COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: ANNOTATE/MARK/HIGHLIGHT/COMMENT/POST-IT NOTE (or a combo of ALL of these!) specific references within the story that apply the rhetorical elements of 
    • ETHOS 
    • PATHOS 
    • LOGOS
--TIPS FOR ANNOTATING THE TEXT
  • Look for specific language, repetition, dialogue, tone, etc. AS WELL AS EXCERPTS THAT YOU LABELED AS EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC APPEALS and be prepared to SHARE WITH THE CLASS your findings/annotations 
  • also annotate/note your comments about the story's thematic significance 
  • HOW the author creates meaning for READERS/AUDIENCE through rhetorical elements/PURPOSE/CONTEXT within the text
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**as well as the NOTES/highlights we've taken this week RE: RHETORIC 
(in your binder/from the INTRODUCTION TO RHETORIC SHEETS I GAVE YOU TUES.), here's a link to ANOTHER VERY HELPFUL SITE RE: these three rhetorical appeals and HOW authors use strategies to show these 'in action' within a text:
THE Purdue O.W.L.: Aristotle's RHETORICAL SITUATION 


**ALSO, here's a link to the short story online as well, so EVERYONE F2F/ABSENT/ONLINE should have access to the text:
"The First Day" -E.P. Jones

  • And finally: I've included a photos here below of this assignment from a past student; LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES WITH THIS! YOU CAN DO THIS--AND DO IT WELL!


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This assignment IS for a grade--both DISCUSSION and part of a bigger MAJOR grade coming up, so please put your best into this! :)

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