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Monday, April 9, 2012
Things I'd Hate to "Savor"
"I lived more in the present: savoring hunger, exhaustion, anxiety for my family, humiliations...most of all humiliations (Wiesenthal 9)."
Using this sentence, write a sentence of your own that copies this structure. You might even try to use a powerful verb like "savor" that brings a strong, contrasting connotation! Put your sentence in a comment on my blog post.
Using this sentence, write a sentence of your own that copies this structure. You might even try to use a powerful verb like "savor" that brings a strong, contrasting connotation! Put your sentence in a comment on my blog post.
Loose and Periodic Sentences
Read the following sentence. What are the effects of the author's structural choices?
"It was his idea that there is such a thing as a first-hand opinion; an original opinion; an opinion which is coldly reasoned out in a man's head, by a searching analysis of the facts involved, with the heart unconsulted, and the jury room closed against outside influences."
Using this sentence as a model, write one with a similar structure about anything you wish. Post this sentence as a comment on my blog.
"It was his idea that there is such a thing as a first-hand opinion; an original opinion; an opinion which is coldly reasoned out in a man's head, by a searching analysis of the facts involved, with the heart unconsulted, and the jury room closed against outside influences."
Using this sentence as a model, write one with a similar structure about anything you wish. Post this sentence as a comment on my blog.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Model Sentence #1
In the polyglot mass of humanity were members of varied social strata: rich and poor; highly educated and illiterate; religious men and agnostics; the kindhearted and the selfish; courageous men and the dull-witted (Wiensenthal 5).
What do you notice about this sentence? What makes it strong? Using this sentence as a model, write your own sentence mimicking the author's structure. Leave your sentence as a comment on this blog post.
What do you notice about this sentence? What makes it strong? Using this sentence as a model, write your own sentence mimicking the author's structure. Leave your sentence as a comment on this blog post.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Heroic Couplets
Pre-AP- Remember that a heroic couplet consists of two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter. Post your heroic couplet here!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Pre-AP Style Analysis Chunks
Comment below to publish your journal entry containing a point/topic sentence and one chunk of thought. (CD+CM+CM). This entry should focus on style for your independent read. Think DIDLS!
Make sure to begin with the title and author of your book. This will be a LOT 3 entry, so make sure to label that in your journal.
Make sure to begin with the title and author of your book. This will be a LOT 3 entry, so make sure to label that in your journal.
Character Analysis Chunks!
Comment on this post to publish your journal entry about a character from your independent reading. You should have 4 sentences- a point sentence (topic sentence), a concrete detail sentence (evidence), and two commentary sentences (explanation). The first commentary sentence should explain why your evidence is important, and the second should explain how the evidence supports your point.
Make sure that you begin your post by giving the title and author of your book! This is a LOT 2 entry. Make sure to label that in your journal!
Make sure that you begin your post by giving the title and author of your book! This is a LOT 2 entry. Make sure to label that in your journal!
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