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11/27/2017 0 Comments

Homework for next class

Read and annotate the following

"Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain" by Jessica Mitford on page 255 of 50 Essays.
Write a precis that answers the following question
How does Mitford use rhetorical devices for her purpose?
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11/16/2017 0 Comments

Rhetorical Device List

Continue adding the following to your composition book


Rhetorical Device
Meaning of rhetorical device
Example of how it is used in writing
Your own explanation of what the rhetorical device means (at least one sentence in your own words)


List #2
Aphorism
Clause
Cliché
Colloquialism
Concrete (like concrete description in literature)
Connotation
Contemplative
Convey
Deductive
Denotation

A good source is ​literaryterms.net/rhetorical-device/
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11/6/2017 0 Comments

Homework due Nov.8/9

Read and annotate "The Morals of the Prince" pages 221-229 in 50 Essays book. 
1. SoapsTone (3 sentences for each)
2. Precis answering the following:
How does Machiavelli use rhetorical devices to achieve his purpose?
3. Answer all the questions on page 229 - #1 is a chart, but the rest of them should be in complete sentences. 

​Study list 1 of rhetorical devices. There will be a quiz next class. 
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11/1/2017 0 Comments

Finish Watching (6th period)

Finish taking notes and watching the video.

Ted Talk
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    Links to tools you will need:

    Edmodo
    Remind
    NPR
    American Rhetoric
    Quizlet
    ​Precis
    ​Paramedic Method (revision)
    ​Summer Reading

    “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
    ​― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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