Thanks to the class for your amazing listening skills and your comments and questions. I feel exhilarated
by the discussions.
Homework: Complete the prose-response essay for Tuesday. I'll give you another one to practice before the in-class essay write on Thurs. Sept. 29. Don't spend more than the allotted 40 minutes.
Writing Criteria in AP
- a wide-ranging vocabulary used with dontative accuracy and connotative resourcefulness which means using language accuractely to prove your thesis (For a complete list of vocabulary and definitions, create an account on www.edmodo.com and type in the code dpx0sg)
- a variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordinate and coordiante constructions which means use subordinate conjunctions such as
after how till ( or 'til) although if unless as inasmuch until as if in order that when as long as lest whenever as much as now that where as soon as provided (that) wherever as though since while because so that before than even if that even though though - a logical organization / coherent structure: use repetition, transisitons and emphasis
- a blance of general statements with specific evidence to illustrate your point
- an effective use of rhetoric, which means persuasive techniques, including controlling tone, maintaining a consistent, formal tone, using parallel structures and antithesis
- use literary terms in context: irony, paradox, allusion, imagery, metaphor, metonymy etc (Review the terms from Literature 12)
- be able to discuss how various literary elements (diction, setting, character, irony, point of view, symbolism, plot, repetitions, rhythms)
- perceptive, persuasive, insightful interpretations
