Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Quick Write #6:Start with reading pg. 208-top of 212

By the end of class today, you should have the following assignments finished:
1. Questions #1-8 on worksheet #6 (9 and 10 will be bonus questions)
2. Quick Write #6

Quick Write #6: Analyze how style and content contribute to the power and beauty of Ch. 12

style- rhetorical devices (characterization, diction (word choice), conflict, setting, metaphor, symbolism, allusion)
content-what happens in the plot during this section

power and beauty-- How does it help him get his point across? How does it make the section memorable (lasting images or information)? How does it help strengthen the central ideas expressed (racism, identity, oppression, etc.)?

 (TAG/Thesis)  In The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, the author uses style and content to add power and beauty to Ch. 12. (Reason) This is because the rhetorical devices of __________ and _______ and the content about ______________ make it memorable to the reader.

(Don't start the body paragraph with "a quote that proves this to be true is"--Use a topic sentence: tells the reader what the paragraph is about--keep it in order of how you laid it out in the intro (in the example above the writer used rhetorical devices first"

(E/E)The author uses the rhetorical device metaphor to add power to chapter 12. On page ___ he states, "______________________". This metaphor adds power to the chapter because________.
He also uses imagery in describing ________________ when he states, "__________ ". This adds power to the chapter because_____________________.

(E/E) The author uses specific content in his writing to add power and beauty as well. He gives a description of slavery on page _____ as it states, "_______________________________." This information adds power to the chapter because_________________.

(S) Chapter 12 is an important chapter in the book because _______________________.

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