Today we spent some time discussing Austen's use of various rhetorical and stylistic devices in her writing. We also spent some time discussing various allusions. We touched on assonance, consonance, and alliteration in both poetry and prose.
Tomorrow we will spend some time focusing on our in-class prose essays and reflecting on our progress. This semester we spent quite a bit of time on: developing a thesis statement, using effective textual support to enhance our ideas, focused on effective use of transitions, the P.E.E method, and developing a strong introduction.
Over the course of the next few days we will continue with our discussions of Emma. Over regents week: Complete your reading and annotation of the text, and draft a first draft/sketch (need not be complete) of a paper. For this paper, I would like you to attempt to use another source to support your thesis statement. We will discuss this further in class.
On January 28 (from 8:30-11:30) room 412 we will have an AP review session. We will discuss various test taking strategies, and further our understanding of various literary/poetic devices. During the first week of February you will be taking a full-length M/C section, as we have in the past. Last time around, a significant number of you met and exceeded your 8% goals-- I can't wait to see your successes this time around! You have worked very hard this semester and it shows!
I will be posting suggested Emma topics, and I encourage you to develop your own (refer to the literary theory handouts we have been using this term). As always, feel free to email me ideas/drafts and I can "track changes" if you need it.
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