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Close Reading: Analyzing diction
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Oct 17, 2009. The Axes: The term “diction” covers a lot of ground, but here is a somewhat simplified way to approach. Consider analyzing the diction according to where it falls on any of the two main axes: (1) levels of formality, and (2) Connotation. 1) Levels of formality. Diction can usually be described as one of three different “levels” of style:. How to talk about levels of formality. One thing that is really impressive is having a larg...
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Close Reading: Close read this, m*#@!
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Nov 18, 2009. Close read this, m*#@! If you were a politician never described as "gifted" yet valued for being accessible and unaffected, how would you present yourself in a widescreen autobiography? How would you use style to do it? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Final paper / exam. For your final event, due 12/16, you may write a 7 -page paper or opt for a take-home exam which you will receive on 12/9. End of semester assignments.
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Close Reading: October 2009
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Oct 29, 2009. O'Connor's use of parataxis. This is from O'Connor's most famous story, " A Good Man is Hard to Find. A Good Man is Hard to Find. It's the beginning of the story, but O'Connor doesn't introduce the characters. The grandmother" makes her sound anonymous but also symbolic of grandmothers. Assignments up to 11/4. For 11/2: post on one passage from each of the two readings - the short fictions handed out by Ben and the Communist Man...
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Close Reading: How to craft sentences for suspensiveness
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Oct 4, 2009. How to craft sentences for suspensiveness. 1 Extending the noun phrase of the sentence. This creates a sense of emphasis on the subject which adds drama to the sentence. Mark Owen, the impish, boyish, playful Mark Owen, is no longer the most popular member of the band. Notice that the appositive doesn't add much new information but really emphasizes the subject.). 3 Making the object of the sentence the subject. 5 Picking a struc...
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Close Reading: High, Low, and Middle?
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Nov 7, 2009. High, Low, and Middle? Erin found this helpful chart. From the gossipy New York. Magazine that explains it all. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Final paper / exam. For your final event, due 12/16, you may write a 7 -page paper or opt for a take-home exam which you will receive on 12/9. For a summary of rhetorical issues to bear in mind when analyzing prose, refer to my other blog. How do you close read a psychologist? Since t...
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Close Reading: December 2009
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Dec 8, 2009. The President Addresses the War. Like the other political speeches we've looked at, this one adopts a rhetoric that is very much a response to Obama's difficult situation. It draws on reference points to help justify military action. But does it give explicit or logical reasons for that action? You be the judge. Dec 1, 2009. A sentence from Don Delillo. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Final paper / exam. A sentence from Don Delillo.
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Close Reading: Parker's not back
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Oct 26, 2009. Due to the copying problem, we won't be reading "Parker's Back" for Wednesday. Just the Anderson. Maybe later. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Final paper / exam. For your final event, due 12/16, you may write a 7 -page paper or opt for a take-home exam which you will receive on 12/9. For a summary of rhetorical issues to bear in mind when analyzing prose, refer to my other blog. OConnors use of parataxis. Le vin et le lait.
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Close Reading: O'Connor's use of parataxis
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Oct 29, 2009. O'Connor's use of parataxis. This is from O'Connor's most famous story, " A Good Man is Hard to Find. A Good Man is Hard to Find. It's the beginning of the story, but O'Connor doesn't introduce the characters. The grandmother" makes her sound anonymous but also symbolic of grandmothers. November 4, 2009 at 8:41 AM. I wonder what you think of the argument that OConnor wasnt in fact a grotesque writer but a realist who accurately ...
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Close Reading: A sentence from Don Delillo
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Scroll down to find the current assignment posted by due date. Dec 1, 2009. A sentence from Don Delillo. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Final paper / exam. For your final event, due 12/16, you may write a 7 -page paper or opt for a take-home exam which you will receive on 12/9. For a summary of rhetorical issues to bear in mind when analyzing prose, refer to my other blog. The President Addresses the War. A sentence from Don Delillo. Le vin et le lait. Linguistics 1: place of articulation. Since the...
