1. Quick write: think of a place where you have spent a lot of time or that holds a lot of meaning for you. Describe that place in a way that might show a reader how you feel about it (without directly stating how you feel about it ) by playing with diction, tone, etc.
2. Close reading of a passage: annotate passage for your thread
- Western terminology--anything that lets you know this place is not east coast
- Sparseness or starkness of the town (*including negations)
- Tone: words that create tone and shifts in tone
- People that help create the setting--how are they characterized and how does it contribute to the description of this town?
3. Writing about writing: read sample writing assignment and make notes on what you notice.
Homework:
- Look over your dialectical journals for ICB. Find one or two passages where you feel the language is particularly poignant and read what you wrote about it on the right-hand side. Is there anything else you would add to your analysis of the passage after practicing close reading in class today?
- For H.W., choose one of these passages (you may add onto it if you need to make it longer, just refer to your books!) and write an analysis of the piece. Try to do what the student did--analyze how Capote wrote what he wrote as well as the effect and intent of the passage.
- This is posted in Classroom. Due next class. Roughly 2 pages.
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