Monday's Argument Prompt

TASK: use the following prompt to guide your essay ( should use classical model)

American essayist and social critic H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) wrote, “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” In a well-written essay, examine the extent to which Mencken’s observation applies to contemporary society, supporting your position with appropriate evidence.

Persona Analysis Group Teach Assignment

How the speaker is developed: Persona

Martin Luther King develops his argument by conceding to clergymen’s arguments and then REFUTING and questioning their logic! He structures his letter to address all of their points!

Persona ( the speaker , voice or character assumed by an author in a piece of writing) is essential in this letter. We can analyze how Dr. King develops his persona by doing the following:

1. Looking how ( and HOW MUCH) he appeals to logos, ethos and pathos-   what do these statements he makes reveal about himself?

2. How does he structure his argument? 

3. What rhetorical devices does he use- how does this effect the reader?
4. You will present to class- please try to do double entry journal as a word doc so we can project to save time from having to rewrite on the board (easier for you!)

TASK: Thursday you will teach your section of text to class like I did today!

Group 1	262- top 264 (finish last paragraph)
Group 2	264- 266(finish last paragraph)
Group 3	266-268 (finish last paragraph)
Group 4	268-270 (finish last paragraph)
Group 5	270-272 (finish last paragraph)
Group 6	272- end

1.  Read your section of text with group

2.  With your group, analyze text (color code or annotate) to see how persona is developed (ethos, pathos, logos & presentation of the clergymen argument)

3.  Identify any rhetorical devices

4. AT LEAST 5-7 entries

EXAMPLE

Text	What does this reveal about speaker? Rhetorical devices
MY DEAR FELLOW CLERGYMEN:	The use of the word "Fellow"   shows that they are all on equal standing- develops his connection as an equal to clergymen. Rhetorical device:Sarcasm- he is using a term of endearment (fellow) for a group of people who are demonizing him

If I had to use only ONE text to teach this WHOLE COURSE i would use THIS...

HOMEWORK: Read Martin Luther King’s “Letters from a Birmingham Jail” in textbook ( or you can find online- just number paragraphs so we can reference if you don't have page numbers)

1.   Complete a SOAPStone ( guidelines on blog if you forgot)

2.   Complete the following and an explanation of each:

· Identify 2 passages that exhibit appeals to logos

· Identify 2 passages that  appeals to ethos

· Identify 1 passage that appeals to pathos

Example: "beginning of passage... end of passage" 

page 34 paragraph 2

This appeal to ethos develops Dr. King’s relationship as an insider in the southern religious community by stating that… blah blah blah blah blah etcc

Literary Elements Networking Event RESCHEDULED to TUESDAY JANUARY 15!!

 TASK:Pretend your a literary elements and you are attending a networking event

1.   Who are you?

2.   What do you do for a living? (definition)

3.   Who do you hang out with?(similar elements)

4.   Where can we find you (examples of text or books)

5.    Create a business card providing an example of your services (specific example)

1.Verse- Emily C 2.Protagonist-Kaitlin 3.Antagonist-Miriam  4.Allusion-Dallas 5.Irony -Ruben 6.Foreshadow-Tenzing

7.Setting  Maria D 8.Characterization- Juan 9.Point of view- Floridon 10.Theme- Alexis 11.Tone- Ana

12.Imagery- Lori 13.Mood- Alyssa   14.Alliteration-Crystal   15.Assonance-Fabian 16. Symbolism-Catherine    17.Personification- Christy

18.Hyperbole-Andi 19.Plot- Ivanna   20. Types of Conflic-Marguerite 21.Foil -Omar 22. Allegory-Daniel   23.Rhyme scheme- Dannelys

Mastering the Controlling Idea- HW for friday Jan 11

What to do to Master the Controlling idea (question 26)

 TASK: Write a well-developed short response in which you use ideas from both a Christmas Carol and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas to establish a controlling idea about knowledge. Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and details from each work.

SAMPLE FORMAT

•      Introduction of the topic sentence and controlling idea (1-2 sentences)

•      Development of the controlling idea (1-2 sentences)

•      Examples from the 1^st passage that support your controlling idea and how they prove your point (2-3 sentences

•      Examples from the 2^nd passage that support your controlling idea and a description of how they prove your point (2-3 sentences)

•      A conclusive statement that reiterates your controlling idea (1 sentence)

Critical Lens Quote Interpretation Practice

TASK: Write introduction paragraph for each of the critical lens quotes below. Do not forget to INTERPRET QUOTE (respecting the integrity and complexity of each), AGREE OR DISAGREE, and APPLY TWO WORKS that prove your thesis.

DUE TUESDAY JANUARY 8: 1-9

DUE WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9: 9-18

1.   "In literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers."

2.   "Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through."

3.   "When writers write from a place of insight and real caring about the truth, they have the ability to throw the lights on for the reader."

Anne Lamott (adapted)

4.   "A story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling; it must have something more unusual to relate than the ordinary experience of every average man and woman."

Thomas Hardy

5.   "It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers , that is important."

Logan Pearsall Smith (adapted)

6.   "It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams, for the purpose of improvement."

John Steinbeck (adapted)

7.   "What lasts is what is written.   We look to literature to find the essence of an age."

Peter Brodie (adapted)

8.   "All conflict in literature is, in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil."

9.   "Good people...are good because they've come to wisdom through failure."

William Saroyan

10.   "All literature shows us the power of emotion.   It is emotion, not reason, that motivates characters in literature."

Paraphrased from an interview with Duff Brennan

11.   "All literature is protest.   You can't name a single literary work that isn't protest."  

Richard Wright (adapted)

12.   "The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience."

J.F. Clarke (adapted)

13.   "We do not read novels for improvement or instruction."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

14.   "In a dark time, the eye begins to see..."

Theodore Roethke

15.   "A person is a person through other persons..."

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

16.   "Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting:   the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous."

Frank Norris

17.   "If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why then do we read it?   A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us."

Frank Kafka

18.   "The right good book* is always a book* of travel; it is about a life's journey."

Regents Prep- Critical Lens

Due Thursday January 3

Using large index cards (or half sheets of  8 ½ X 11 paper), write about  8 texts ( short stories or full texts) you can possibly use for critical lens.

For each text:

Title and Author

·     list the main characters

·     setting,

·     theme

·     2  literary elements you could use for analysis

Brief plot summary (4-5 sentences)

you can do plot summary on the back of paper