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Am Lit . Week 4 3 rd Quarter . Am Lit: DO NOW 2/3. What is satire? What are two rhetorical devices that are used in satire?. Red Zone . Review study guide answers

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  1. Am Lit Week 4 3rd Quarter

  2. Am Lit: DO NOW 2/3 • What is satire? • What are two rhetorical devices that are used in satire?

  3. Red Zone • Review study guide answers • HW: What is ironic about his approach and his ultimate point? Write a paragraph explaining/analyzing/evulating Twain’s rhetoric including the AP2

  4. Am Lit: DO NOW 2/4/14 • Combine the following questions into 2-3 sentence response: • What is Twain’s purpose in his essay? How does he go about making his point? What is ironic about his approach and his ultimate point? • 3 Volunteers • 3 Cold Calls

  5. Persona: “The Lowest Animal” Audience: Argument: Purpose:

  6. Persona: scientist “The Lowest Animal” Audience: Americans, especially the wealthy, educated Argument: man is not as moral or as “advanced as he claims Purpose: to make people see their own selfishness, wastefulness, and immoral actions

  7. Success Today Means You create a half page analysis of Twain’s essay. What your response should include • Twain’s purpose for writing (tied into the genre of writing he chose) • His audience (elite thinkers can prove how we know his audience based on what he assumes they know) • His persona (and the evidence to prove it) • His message and how he creates it (use several EXAMPLES from the text to show his message)

  8. Sample thesis • Mark Twain, in “The Lowest Animal,” uses the (writing style) genre to (purpose). In order to make his case, he uses a ______ persona and __________, ___________ rhetorical devices.

  9. Am Lit DO NOW 2/5/14 • Take a topic list from the basket • Circle 3 topics that interest you. • If you think of a possible topic, raise your hand and get it approved by me. • On a separate sheet of paper: • In 2-3 sentences take a stance on each issue and give a reason why you think that way • You should have an opinion and a reason for each circled topic.

  10. Success Today Means • You have narrowed your possible topics down to a manageable few. • You have taken an “initial stance” on your topics. • You have at least one reason for each initial stance. • You brainstorm what you think or know about your possible topics. One page per topic. Must have three topics brainstormed. • PERMISSION SLIP GETS SIGNED AND RETURNED

  11. Exit Ticket • On a half sheet of paper, • What are the stages of a Research Project?

  12. Am Lit: 2/6/14 • What stage of the research process are we currently in? • What two things do we accomplish in this stage? • Why did I want you to write a whole page brainstorm about each possible topic?

  13. Success Today 2/6/14 • If not committed to a topic, then narrow topic down to two • Develop an initial research question or working thesis statement • Identify what type of information you will need for your topic in order to develop a research paper.

  14. Terms to define • Research question: open-ended question that guides the research. • How does texting change the way people interact? • Why do European students attain fewer As than US students? • Working Thesis: states a position on a topic that you are trying to prove through evidence and can be changed during the research process • Felons should have the right to vote. • Beauty contests serve no purpose in society.

  15. Make this chart Topic: HW: complete chart with at least 4 pieces of evidence you think will help you understand your topic or prove your stance.

  16. Am Lit: DO NOW 2/7/14 First, respond to this question: • What is the second step of the Research Process called? • What two things do we do in this step? When done, gather all your DO NOWS, staple them and turn them into the US MAIL including this one.) Then take a double-sided handout “Step 2” using your list of possible evidence, check the boxes for source types that would be useful to you. “Step 3” in the boxes provided, make a list of “search terms” that you can enter into google when researching your topic

  17. Success Today Means 2/7/14 • You have checked out what type of evidence you need. Created key words to search with before getting on a computer. • At the computer, you find three possible sources. • Complete a “SPIDER” Website evaluation for one source • Complete a Credibility checklist for the other two sources

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