March 1

AGENDA:

1) Read more of MLK's "Letter"
2) anaphora; antithesis
3) Define "civil disobedience"
4) The "Rhetorical Analysis" Question handout

HW: Figure out tonight what you'll write on; return to the text and examine it closely for what you will analyze. Find and list as much as you can from your selected paragraph. Underneath this list, try to articulate in a paragraph how your selections "work" - that is, explain how the message of the sentence, paragraph and/or essay is made clearer or more powerful by the techniques the author uses. 

Metaphor/simile                 Parallel structure                     Semicolons           Anaphora

Allusion                                Diction/loaded language          Syntax                  Antithesis

Use of opposition                Imagery

Complete reading of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" 

What makes a persuasive argument? How does one construct a persuasive argument? Be prepared to answer this on Monday. 

Avoid all the following! Mrs. Byrne has no idea what these mean:

"It adds depth"
"It flows better"
"It expresses the meaning"
"It makes it more effective"


The Rhetorical Analysis Question