Friday, October 30, 2015

(Due Monday, November 2, 2015)

Directions: Using the notes you took on Eighner's, Giovanni's, and Ehrlich's purpose for writing, write one well thought-out, articulate paragraph in which you discuss the author's purpose for one of the above pieces.  Since you are already familiar with the content (what the paragraph is about), your primary focus and goal for this blog is to PRACTICE writing A.P.-level sentences using elevated diction and clearly and concisely worded sentences which convey your meaning.  Avoid the use of "dead" words such as many, a lot, really, and very.  Do NOT write in first person, and maintain a formal tone.  Lastly, proofread for proper comma and semicolon use BEFORE publishing your work.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

TONE

Choose either your nonfiction supplementary novel OR one of the summer novels of your choice in which to consider the author's tone and the overall mood of the piece.  You may refer to the definitions of both terms in your "Things You Should Know: Brief Note on Tone" packet we read together in class.  For this blog post, you must do the following:

1. Write a paragraph in which you discuss the overall tone and mood of the writing.  Use at least TWO of the tone words from our packet (underline them in your post).  In addition to identifying the tone and mood, you must explain how you identified the both AND provide one sentence that supports the particular tone and mood of the piece you identified.
2. Proofread your response BEFORE publishing it to ensure there are NO grammatical errors, lowercase proper nouns, etc.  Italicize the titles of books.
3. This blog response is due Thursday, October 8.