Please make sure you have read Parts 1 and 2 of the Adventures of Aeneas chapter in your book. (Part 2 stops after his visit to the underworld.)
You are responsible for taking notes that fall into 3 categories:
- Familiar events (similar to other stories we've read)
- Unique events (specific to Aeneas and different from other heroes.)
- New characters and their role in the story.
Also, make sure you're caught up with the body paragraphs for you essay.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Due Tuesday, January 19th
Make sure to read "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. An e-text is available here in case you didn't take your book home for the weekend.
Today in class we got back our Romanticism thesis/antithesis essays and spend a lot of time discussing this format, since it will be the type of essay you'll write as part of your final exam. We'll use some class time (probably on Wednesday) to complete the activity we started today in class based on this information. Also, I'm posting some finals information, since it's never too early to start preparing for your test. This will be available on the side bar.
Today in class we got back our Romanticism thesis/antithesis essays and spend a lot of time discussing this format, since it will be the type of essay you'll write as part of your final exam. We'll use some class time (probably on Wednesday) to complete the activity we started today in class based on this information. Also, I'm posting some finals information, since it's never too early to start preparing for your test. This will be available on the side bar.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Satire Rough Draft Due Tuesday, 1/12
Huck Finn Inspired Satire Paper
Some Possible Targets of Satire
Politics
Human characteristics (foibles, personality traits)
Human behaviors (social attitudes, habits)
Institutions/Organizations
Individuals
Some Approaches:
The proposal
The narrative story or personal account
The dialogue
The ‘factual’ (more expository) report
Some Tools:
EXAGGERATION (taken to the extreme)
Humor
Irony
VOICE (Diction, syntax, allusions, etc.)
Point of view (outside observer or target of satire?)
Your paper must:
Select a target of satire (NO personal satire, religious, or racial satire
allowed for this exercise.)
Select an approach
Incorporate several tools of satire and develop an appropriate voice.
Be between 2-3 typed pages (double-spaced)
Starting Point: Remember satire is essentially criticism, so think of something you’d like to criticize (or find irritating) and develop it as satire.
Some Possible Targets of Satire
Politics
Human characteristics (foibles, personality traits)
Human behaviors (social attitudes, habits)
Institutions/Organizations
Individuals
Some Approaches:
The proposal
The narrative story or personal account
The dialogue
The ‘factual’ (more expository) report
Some Tools:
EXAGGERATION (taken to the extreme)
Humor
Irony
VOICE (Diction, syntax, allusions, etc.)
Point of view (outside observer or target of satire?)
Your paper must:
Select a target of satire (NO personal satire, religious, or racial satire
allowed for this exercise.)
Select an approach
Incorporate several tools of satire and develop an appropriate voice.
Be between 2-3 typed pages (double-spaced)
Starting Point: Remember satire is essentially criticism, so think of something you’d like to criticize (or find irritating) and develop it as satire.
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