Structure and types of questions reflection

What areas do you need to review over the break in order to increase your chances of success in multiple choice section? How are you going to review?( have you found good websites, old notes, blog, etcc)
PLEASE POST BY MONDAY 25 AT 10 AM.

Structures and Types of Questions

Straight forward question	The passage is an example of… A. compare and contrast essay
Questions that refer to a specific line	Lines 52-57 serve to… A. reinforce the author’s thesis
All…Except	The AP language and Comp exam is all of the following except… A.  It is given every May B.   It is open to high school students C.  It is published in the NY times D. It is a three hour exam
Inferential	In letters from a Birmingham Jail, the reader can infer that… E. Religious
Roman Numeral	In the passage, Night refers to I.             Death of young woman II.          A pun on sir Williams title III.       The end of the affair a.   I only b.  I and II c.   II and III d.  I,II and III

Factual	Technical	Analytical	Inferential
·      Word referral ·      Allusions ·      Grammatical (pronouns, etc..)	·      Style ·      Grammatical purpose ·      Dominant technique ·      Imagery ·      Point of view ·      Organization ·      Irony ·      Function of…	·      Rhetorical strategy ·      Shifts ·      Argument ·      Cause and effect ·      Compare and contrast ·      Inductive/deductive ·      Rhetorical stance/ rhetorical situation	·      Effect of diction ·      Tone ·      Effect of description ·      Effect of last paragraph ·      Effect on reader ·      Narrators attitude ·      Image effect ·      Effect of detail ·      Author implications ·      symbols

Attacking the Multiple Choice Learning Strategies Reflection

What strategies have you employed that we have learned over the last few days to help tackle the multiple choice?

What advice have you found is helpful?

What areas do you need to work on?

Critical Reading Advice

Critical Reading Advice

·      Reading text carefully is a must. Do not read just with your eyes.

·      Track with your finger- use your finger as a pointer

·       and mouth words if you find helpful

·      Read as if you were going to read this aloud to an audience

·      Make sure you are hearing your voice read the words in your head

·      Underline circle annotate

·      Pay attention to punctuation, syntax, diction and organization

·      Use all information given to you to access prior knowledge

·      Quickly skim questions (ignoring choices) to get an idea of what is expected of you

OVERVIEW OF MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION

OVERVIEW  OF MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION

·      You are allotted one hour to answer 45-60 questions on 4-5 prose passages

·      Passages will be from different time periods, different styles and different purposes

·      They are not easy readings. You will be expected to

o   Follow sophisticated syntax

o   Respond to diction

o   Be comfortable with upper level vocabulary

o   Be familiar with rhetorical terms

o   Make inferences

o   Be sensitive to irony and tone

o   Recognize components of organization and style

o   Be familiar with modes of discourse( rhetorical modes) and citations

·      If the piece is about a historical period and you know nothing about this period- rely on your analytical skills

·      You will be expected to be aware of basic historical, biblical and mythological (literary) allusions

·      The test does not get more difficult as it progresses

·      Work at a pace of approx. one question per minute.

·      Each question worth same amount of points

·      You do not lose points for wrong answers. Scores are based on amount you get correct

A Modest Proposal

TASK: READ A MODEST PROPOSAL (PG 914 IN TEXTBOOK) OR PRINT FROM INTERNET IF YOU WISH TO ANNOTATE.

ANSWER  QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS ON RHETORIC AND STYLE

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, also known as A Modest Proposal, is a juvenialian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. 

Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general.

Swift's Ireland was a country that had been effectively controlled by England for nearly 500 years. The Stuarts had established a Protestant governing aristocracy amid the country's relatively poor Catholic population. Denied union with England in 1707 (when Scotland was granted it), Ireland continued to suffer under English trade restrictions and found the authority of its own Parliament in Dublin severely limited. Swift, though born a member of Ireland's colonial ruling class, came to be known as one of the greatest of Irish patriots. He, however, considered himself more English than Irish, and his loyalty to Ireland was often ambivalent in spite of his staunch support for certain Irish causes. The complicated nature of his own relationship with England may have left him particularly sympathetic to the injustices and exploitation Ireland suffered at the hand of its more powerful neighbor.

Particularly in the 1720s, Swift became vehemently engaged in Irish politics. He reacted to the debilitating effects of English commercial and political injustices in a large body of pamphlets, essays, and satirical works, including the perennially popular Gulliver's Travels

A Modest Proposal, published is a response to worsening conditions in Ireland, is perhaps the severest and most scathing of all Swift's pamphlets. The tract did not shock or outrage contemporary readers as Swift must have intended; its economics was taken as a great joke, its more incisive critiques ignored. Although Swift's disgust with the state of the nation continued to increase, A Modest Proposalwas the last of his essays about Ireland. Swift wrote mostly poetry in the later years of his life, and he died in 1745.

you can view the Spark Notes for this piece at

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/modestproposal/

You can get more background information for this at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

DO NOT RELY ON SPARK NOTES! READ SPARKNOTES FIRST IF YOU WISH AND THEN READ TEXT TO AID WITH COMPREHENSION

Squirrel seeks Chipmunk Groups

1. The Cow and the Turkey	2 .The Crow and the Lamb	3.The Faithful Setter	4.The Cat and the Baboon	5 The Motherless   Bear
Dannlys	Maria	Andi	Daniel	Tenzing
crystal	Kaitlin	Emily	Ana	Fabian
Christy	Ivanna	Flor	Lori	Miriam
Juan	Alyssa	ruben	Dallas	Marguerite
Catherine				Alexis

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR BOOKS TOMORROW THURSDAY MARCH 7 IN CLASS!!


Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk Jig Saw Friday

1. Each group member is responsible for presenting the following information on assigned story from Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk (stories will be assigned thursday in class):

·     Vice/Folly/institution being satirized

·     Satirical devices/rhetorical devices author uses

·     Tone and how the author achieves that tone (syntax, diction, etc..)

·     Symbolism of the animals in story

·     2 discussion questions for group

2. During presentation, each member will fill out form  and give the presenter a grade from 1-10

3. Presenter will also complete self assessment

Jersey Shore Satire

Here is the link if you wish to watch again or watch 2nd episode for more information to analyze:
http://www.fctr.net/funny/2011/03/11/jersey-floor/

Please complete the 7 analysis questions posted on blog to discuss on thursday

Satire on TV and Radio

• The Simpsons and Futurama (Matt Groening)
• Howard Stern (radio personality "The Howard Stern Show")
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (US Talk Show)
• The Colbert Report (US Talk Show)
• The Day Today (UK TV news parody by Chris Morris)
• Brass Eye (UK current affairs TV-show parody by Chris Morris)
• On the Hour (UK news radio parody by Chris Morris)
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Canadian TV show)
• South Park (Trey Parker & Matt Stone)
• The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows)
• Facelift (New Zealand Political show)
• Spitting Image (UK TV show famous for its puppets)
• Yes Minister (also "Yes, Prime Minister" – UK TV show satirising government)
• Nip/Tuck (Ryan Murphy)
• Have I Got News For You – Long running UK TV panel show
• Nathan Barley – 2005 UK TV satire by Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker.
• The Chaser's War on Everything – Australian satire with an emphasis on attacking 'everyone'.
• Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
• Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2007) (Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy)
• Air Farce Live (2007–present) (Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Phil Hendrie (radio personality "The Phil Hendrie Show")
• Family Guy, American Dad! & The Cleveland Show (Seth MacFarlane)
• Mock the Week – UK TV comedy panel show
• The Larry Sanders Show – (Garry Shandling)
• Entourage – (Doug Ellin)
• 30 Rock – (Tina Fey)
• Glenn Martin, DDS – A Nick@Nite show
• Episodes – David Crane
• Better Off Ted – (Victor Fresco)
• Onion News Network
• The Boondocks – (Aaron McGrude

How to Analyze Satire

To analyze a satirical piece, employ the following questions:

1.  What are the underlying assumptions or unwritten attitudes in the piece?

2.  What foolish, flawed, or wrong human action or aspect of society is being lampooned?

3.  What would the author’s argument look like stripped of its humor?

4.  What resources of language does the satirist use to skewer the target?

5.  In what ways do these techniques disarm the intended target or sweeten the criticism to make it acceptable to its target?

6.  What is the goal of the satirist (i.e., how does the satirist wish society, the individual, the body politic, or an institution to change or amend itself?

7.  How effective are the methods of this particular satirist?

Intro to the Onion Assignment

TASK:

1. Find an article from NY Times and then find an article on same topic from “The Onion”  http://www.theonion.com/

2. Answer the following questions

·  What issue is the satirical piece criticizing?

·  How do they make it humorous? what techniques do they use? ( you can refer back to satire post on blog for help)

·  Is the argument presented clearly? why or why not?

·  Is the topic deserving of criticism? why or why not?

·  Does the issue “unnerve” or affect you? Why or why not?

Weekend Reminders!

1. Socratic Seminar Monday March 4
2. Argument essay #2 grades are up on skedula- I will give you argument papers with comments on monday
3. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk needs to be read by Tuesday March 5
4. So impressed by your comments on the blog regarding the characters in Mockingbird. It brought tears to my eyes! ( and no thats not sarcasm and perhaps im a bit sentimental due to pregancy hormones)

So proud of the work you all have been doing!!!!!!!