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A.P. Literature & Composition & CSCC English 1100

A.P. Literature & Composition & CSCC English 1100. Instructor: Mr. Todd Alexander. Ever play this game?. Find Waldo…. Here he is… How did you do that?. How did you do that?. You skimmed over it to see what jumped out right away.

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A.P. Literature & Composition & CSCC English 1100

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  1. A.P. Literature & Composition& CSCC English 1100 Instructor: Mr. Todd Alexander

  2. Ever play this game?

  3. Find Waldo…

  4. Here he is… How did you do that?

  5. How did you do that? • You skimmed over it to see what jumped out right away. • You developed a process for searching using certain visual clues you knew matched Waldo.

  6. How did you do that? • You skimmed over it to see what jumped out right away. • You developed a process for searching using certain visual clues you knew matched Waldo. • Understanding Text works the same way…. • We will read over a lot of text: some you will understand right away, some you won’t… see what jumps out at you. • We will develop a process for using certain clues to help you “see” (understand) most texts.

  7. Let’s try out your skills NOW…

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  9. Why take A.P. English?

  10. Why take A.P. English? This course is NOT designed to get you out of college composition.

  11. Why take A.P. English? This course is NOT designed to get you out of college composition. It is designed to help you perform well in both advanced high school and college courses requiring writing (science, math, history, etc.) by teaching you proper critical thinking and logical writing techniques.

  12. Your Past: This Course: EXAM ANSWER • 5 Paragraph essay • Introduction • 3 Body paragraphs • Conclusion • INSIGHTFUL ESSAY • Rhetorical Analysis • Work through the entire Keyhole Web!

  13. Ultimate Goal of an Accelerated English course: Students should be able to analyze the gist, complexity, and effect of a text on an audience, noting how development, organization, style, and delivery contribute to the appeal of the text.

  14. Ultimate Goal of an Accelerated English course: Students should be able to produce texts that are rich in content, challenging, and complex, and that engage an audience of curious, educated readers by means of full development, intelligent organization, and a clear, compelling style.

  15. What is Critical Thinking? “Critical” comes from the Greek kriticos and Latin criticus, meaning able to discern or separate… So when we talk about Critical Thinking, we are talking about Discerning or discriminating thought characterized by careful analysis and judgment.

  16. Thought Attitude Reasoning Logical Fallacies Audience Purpose Subject Voice

  17. Thought

  18. Keys to Discovery Development Diction Organization Arrangement Structure Imagery Syntax Figurative Language Connotation/ Denotation

  19. Keys to Discovery Development Diction Organization Arrangement Structure Imagery Syntax Figurative Language Connotation/ Denotation

  20. SCHEMES – WORD ORDER is altered from the usual or expected. TROPES – MEANING is altered from the usual or expected.

  21. Schemes (word order) • Balance – parallelism, climax, antithesis • Addition – apposition, parenthesis • Omission – zeugma, asyndeton, polysyndeton • Repetition – anadiplosis, anaphora • Sound – alliteration, assonance, consonance

  22. Tropes(word meaning) • Synecdoche • Metonymy • Litotes • Oxymoron • Paradox • Onomatopoeia • Pun • Metaphor • Simile • Personification • Irony • Hyperbole

  23. Schemes & tropes handout

  24. When we read any text, our goal is to DISCOVER!

  25. When we read any text, our goal is to DISCOVER: WHAT? * The author’s intent * What the author wants from us * The author’s methodology * WHAT IT MEANS FOR US

  26. One of the places DISCOVERY comes from: …using the Schemes & Tropes to identify what an author is attempting to do.

  27. Discovery comes from US –working TOGETHER! “If ten people are in a room and they agree, nine of them aren’t thinking.” -Buddy Ryan

  28. There are many ways for us to examine literature. Philosophers and great thinkers have debated how we should examine texts and literature for thousands of years… probably since the first writer penned his/her work.

  29. David Hume(1711-1776) • A Priori – independent of experience. Consider the work only, by itself. • Sentiment is always right. Understanding is not always right because it depends on outside references. • Know the work.

  30. Karl Marx(1818-1883) • Need to know where the person fits in the society. Society shapes the literature. • Know the society/culture.

  31. Hippolyte Taine(1828-1893) • MECHANIST – the external explains the internal – in order to understand the art, you must first understand the man/woman. • Know the author: • Race - Nationality • Environment - Conditions • Epoch - Age in which they lived

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