King HW

“Letter from  Birmingham Jail”, King, Jr

Vocab:  feigned, detached, grudging, cynicism, allusive, evocation

Terms: rhetorical question, imperative sentence, compound-complex sentence, apostrophe

SOAPSTone

Journal:

Part one: Describe what King does in the two sentences that make up his second-to-last paragraph (par 49) How do these two variations on an apology sum up his approach to argument in this essay?

Part two: Pick a law people might break because they think it is wrong. If you might do so too, write a journal in which you defend your actions. If you would not, write a journal in which you argue against those who would. Consider the reasons King cites for his violations of the law.

Also, you should read the document that prompted MLK to write this letter from jail.

Orwell HW - due Thursday

George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant”, due Thursday, November 17

1. Terms and Vocabulary (besides the assigned terms, look up any others you are unfamiliar with in the text.)

Vocabulary: Ambivalence     10. Polemical (review) Antipathy           11. Didactic (review) Indifference       12. trivial Imperialism Lugubrious Candid Reflective Salutary Epiphany

Terms: Warrant Claim Periodic Sentence Qualifier Rebuttal Extended metaphor

2. Be sure to complete SOAPSTone

For your journal: Write an essay response in which you discuss the nature of Orwell’s epiphany.   Compare how Orwell and two other writers have presented narrative experience that leads a protagonist to enlightenment.  Refer specifically to the text of each piece and include those features of style and rhetoric that you consider important.  This journal will be longer than other journals you’ve written.  Note that you are drafting an essay response.

Woolf - DUE MONDAY

Read: Virginia Woolf’s “The Death of the Moth”

1. In your journal, respond to the imagery and rich prose, and to Woolf’s treatment of death.  Also, pick two of the questions on 451 to respond to in your journal.  So, your journal is three parted, and one page in length.

2. Do SOAPSTone

3. Define the following terms: synaesthesia, synecdoche, alliteration, concrete vs. abstract, subjective vs. objective, literal vs. figurative

4. Define the following vocabulary: absolve, antagonist, intervene, exquisite, cumbered, circumspection, alloy/unalloyed,nostalgia, adulation, oddity, monotony, sullen, empathy, sentimental