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Journal. As a child, was there a story or fairy tale that you loved to listen to over and over? Was there a story or film that you listened to so many times that you could recount it or retell the story on your own? Write about a story that you love(d) to hear many times over. Discussion.

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Journal

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  1. Journal As a child, was there a story or fairy tale that you loved to listen to over and over? Was there a story or film that you listened to so many times that you could recount it or retell the story on your own? Write about a story that you love(d) to hear many times over.

  2. Discussion • What makes some stories memorable? • Why do we copy or imitate or repeat these versions rather than others? • What is the benefit of modeling our work or future stories off of these “better versions”?

  3. Imitation • Humans learn by imitating! • Anthropological imitation (modeling cultures after other cultures, etc.) • Children learn by imitating parents • Animals copying human behavior

  4. Imitation in Rhetoric • A fundamental method of instruction in ancient Roman and Renaissance education • Concerned with PRACTICING our rhetorical skills • We imitate good rhetoric because we want to write and speak well • Helps us learn good techniques • Helps us avoid bad techniques Imitation also serves as a starting point for generating discourse! (Discovering “topics” or things to write/speak about)

  5. The Progymnasmata • 14 writing exercises for the student of rhetoric • Aimed at helping students create and perform • Imitate both style and form of other authors “Fable/Fairy Tale”

  6. Homework + Things to Consider: • Find a fable or fairytale to bring in to class tomorrow—e.g. an Aesop’s Fable • Stories should be brief • Stories should have a “moral” or “lesson” • Use Miss Madsen’s website for links! • Why is imitation something we should practice as Christians? Who, what or how should we imitate?

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