We’ll start with Frederick Douglass and ask small groups to focus on one of these 4 areas. Be ready to make smart comments about these and refer directly to the text to show what you mean.
- persona
- anecdotes and other stories (showing vs. telling)
- kairos
- logical argumentation
Next, we’ll go on an odyssey of sentence combining. Read (if you haven’t already) the section on types of sentence combining and then take all 3 quizzes on combining.
Next, I’ll read an excerpt from David Foster Wallace and possibly have us share our own DFW-ellian sentences here.
Finally, we’ll talk a bit about the College Essay and how it differs from a Personal Essay. I might ask you to give me a sample paragraph and have us guess what quality you’re trying to demonstrate.
HW: Rough rough draft of your college essay prompt. Be ready to bring it in next Tue.
Extra: If you’re interested in the Bennington Young Writers Award. Here are the details.
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