Compose your own proposal. Should be no less than a full page and no more than 3 pages. You must incorporate all three forms of persuasion, and demonstrate which you are using by keeping logic in standard font, character in bold, and emotion in italics. The entire text does not need to be one of these three, but I want to make sure you know which appeals you are using.
Due Friday Oct. 2nd.
Bring in your written proposal typed (and post on blog).
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Pathos, Logos, Ethos
Analyze Mr. Collins proposal looking for examples of the appeals that he uses. Explain clearly why his appeals are ineffective and how he could have improved his proposal.
I'd like you to have a one sentence thesis as your introduction, followed by at least two body paragraphs citing examples from the text. Focus on his diction and syntax in analyzing the appeals. Cite the text. The author is Jane Austen, and don't bother about page numbers.
Email with any questions.
I'd like you to have a one sentence thesis as your introduction, followed by at least two body paragraphs citing examples from the text. Focus on his diction and syntax in analyzing the appeals. Cite the text. The author is Jane Austen, and don't bother about page numbers.
Email with any questions.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Oral Exam Questions
Class, here are the questions to prepare for the oral exam. Take these, review your texts and come up with articulate and thorough answers to the questions. Each question will be worth 30 points. Good luck and email with any questions.
Prep Questions Summer Oral Exam
The Count of Monte Cristo:
• Is Edmond’s vengeance justified? Consider this question within the contexts of just retribution and the theological implications of a man assuming God’s vengeance.
• Describe the role of Honor in the novel. How do the demands of honor dictate the flow of the novel and the plot? Cite specific characters and their obligations to the code of honor.
• Discuss Edmonds vengeance and how he implements it, with a particular focus on his feelings of justification as the text progresses. In the end, do you think he feels justified in what he did?
The Great Gatsby:
1. Discuss the failure to achieve the American Dream of at least two of the characters in The Great Gatsby. What were these characters striving for, why were they striving for it, and were they successful.
2. Many characters aspire to success in the novel and fail. How can this be read as a commentary by Fitzgerald on the aspiration to worldly success?
3. Describe the character of at least three characters in the text. Is there a relationship between their character and their ends in the novel? If so, describe the connection.
Huck Finn:
• Drawing on many examples from the text, describe how Twain criticizes the south at the time of the novel.
• How does Huck grow as the novel carries on. He is a character who often lets on to be stupider than he actually is, but his fresh outlook on life leads to many insights along his journey. What are these insights and how do these experiences help Huck to grow.
• Compare and contrast a set of characters in the text. What do they have in common and what separates them. Consider their upbringing, the society they live in, and how they act.
Prep Questions Summer Oral Exam
The Count of Monte Cristo:
• Is Edmond’s vengeance justified? Consider this question within the contexts of just retribution and the theological implications of a man assuming God’s vengeance.
• Describe the role of Honor in the novel. How do the demands of honor dictate the flow of the novel and the plot? Cite specific characters and their obligations to the code of honor.
• Discuss Edmonds vengeance and how he implements it, with a particular focus on his feelings of justification as the text progresses. In the end, do you think he feels justified in what he did?
The Great Gatsby:
1. Discuss the failure to achieve the American Dream of at least two of the characters in The Great Gatsby. What were these characters striving for, why were they striving for it, and were they successful.
2. Many characters aspire to success in the novel and fail. How can this be read as a commentary by Fitzgerald on the aspiration to worldly success?
3. Describe the character of at least three characters in the text. Is there a relationship between their character and their ends in the novel? If so, describe the connection.
Huck Finn:
• Drawing on many examples from the text, describe how Twain criticizes the south at the time of the novel.
• How does Huck grow as the novel carries on. He is a character who often lets on to be stupider than he actually is, but his fresh outlook on life leads to many insights along his journey. What are these insights and how do these experiences help Huck to grow.
• Compare and contrast a set of characters in the text. What do they have in common and what separates them. Consider their upbringing, the society they live in, and how they act.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Honor in Monte Cristo
Prep notes on the role of honor in the Count of Monte Cristo.
Consider sections about suicide, attempted suicide, Noirtier, duels, and Monte Cristos conduct.
1 page.
Consider sections about suicide, attempted suicide, Noirtier, duels, and Monte Cristos conduct.
1 page.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Summer Reading
Prepare a page of notes on The Count of Monte Cristo:
1 page of notes on Dantes playing the role of God. Post to blogs and have a typed sheet to hand in. Have quotes for support.
Oral Exams a week from Friday.
1 page of notes on Dantes playing the role of God. Post to blogs and have a typed sheet to hand in. Have quotes for support.
Oral Exams a week from Friday.
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