major assignments1. Small Groups - Historical Background
Each member of the group is responsible for a part of the informational text that gives some context and insight into American Renaissance. Independently, you will study your assigned topic, take notes, and find the answer to one or more of the essential questions relevant to your topic. The notes must provide some context for the answer: the audience must know not only WHAT the answer is, but also must be able to understand WHY this is the answer. Each group member then will share his/her information with the rest of the small group. The rest of the group will take notes.
2. Emerson, "Self-Reliance" p. 224
Download and complete the following assignment. Be prepared to discuss the text during our Socratic Seminar.
3. Thoreau, "Resistance to Civil Government" p. 249
a. Download and complete the following assignment on the first part of Thoreau's essay:
b. Download and complete the following assignment on the second part of Thoreau's essay:
4. Argumentative Essay on Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government"
a. Some critics believe that Thoreau's essay is fundamentally Romantic in nature, others argue that it is clearly Transcendentalist. What is your opinion? Explain your position, elaborate, and draw support from the text. Your essay must be typed in MLA format. This is a single draft assignment-no further revisions will be permitted. There will be a one point deduction for each violation of MLA format. FCA: Essay structure and organization; clear and focused thesis statement- 10 points. FCA: Argument is sufficiently supported with relevant textual evidence; critical analysis, explanation, elaboration, explicit connection of all supporting details to the main idea of each paragraph/thesis statement - 20 points FCA: Conventions and style - 10 points b. Structure and organization of the counterargument paragraph:
c. Counterargument format and example:
5. Rhetoric/Persuasion/Rhetorical Devices
a. Please follow this link to a brief review and specific examples of the three modes of persuasion: b. Download the following organizer for rhetorical analysis. We will use it to analyze an example of persuasive speech:
c. Examples of rhetoric in speech:
d. Examples of rhetoric in advertisements:
6. N. Hawthorne, "The Minister's Black Veil"
Download the following document and preview the questions, then read Hawthorne's story on p. 299.
7. New American Poetry-Small Group Assignment
Each member of the group is responsible for a part of the informational text that gives some context and insight into American poetry of American Renaissance movement. Independently, you will study your assigned topic, take notes, and find the answer to the essential questions relevant to your topic. The notes must provide some context for the answer: the audience must know not only WHAT the answer is, but also must be able to understand WHY this is the answer. Each group member then will share his/her information with the rest of the small group. The rest of the group will take notes. Your notes will be turned in for evaluation.
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HomeworkResources to download1. Vocabulary, Emerson: Download and complete the following assignment based on vocabulary from Emerson's "Self-Reliance."
2. Vocabulary, Thoreau: Download and complete the following assignment based on vocabulary from Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government."
3. Vocabulary, Hawthorne: Complete the following assignment based on vocabulary from Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil."
4. Sound Devices: Download and complete the guided notes and practice exercises on alliteration, consonance, assonance, and onomatopoeia.
5. W. Whitman, "I Hear America Singing" Free Verse Analysis:
6. Types of Rhyme: Download and complete the guided notes on rhyme.
7. E. Dickinson-poetry analysis
8. Irony: Download and complete the following assignment after reviewing the three main types of irony.
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