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- Current Events essay #2

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Homework

Word play: There are multiple answers for the following question, but not an unlimited number of answers. I will give you a point for each correct answer you come up with. No talking, no cheating. You have 3 minutes to finish.

Critical Thinking

Which words in the English language are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized?

The Question:

1.Herb (American English only)

2.Job

3.Nice

4.Polish

The Answers

Additional Examples of Understatement

Whatever his faults, Sir Isaac Newton did have a fairly good mind for science.

To the uninitiated, neurophysiology can be a bit of a challenge.

Our school spirit is, shall we say, less than overwhelmingly enthusiastic.

Now you try! Exercise #1Write 5 satiric comments that include understatement by completing the following sentences:

The meal was…

Our team…

The band is…

As a performer…

That television show was…

Exercise #2

Read the satirical passage and then respond to the prompt provided on the paper.

Exercise #1 and #2 DUE next time we meet!

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Phrases:

An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that tells you more about a nearby noun or pronoun.

Example: Joan, the young lady with a bow in her hair, is seated next to Billy.

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The Appositive Phrase

Practicing for Rhetorical EssayOn April 10, 1962, as the United States was emerging from a recession, the nation’s largest steel companies raised steel prices by 3.5 percent. President John F. Kennedy, who had repeatedly called for stable prices and wages as part of a program of national sacrifice during a period of economic distress, held a news conference on April 11, 1962, which he opened with the following commentary regarding the hike in steel prices. Read Kennedy’s remarks carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the figures of speech President Kennedy uses to achieve his purpose. Support your analysis with specific references to the text.

Let’s assume that he uses hyperbole and understatement to condemn companies for raising the prices of steel and aims to rally the American public to demand a sense of communal sacrifice or collective responsibility from these companies.

Assignment: Write a thesis statement that may address this prompt. Consider what the prompt asks you to do and the information you’ve been given.

Choose a Literature Circle GroupYou may choose from one of the following titles:

Angela’s Ashes

A Long Way Home

I Am Malala

The Greatest Generation

The Glass Castle

Into the Wild

Once your group has chosen the book, we will go to the bookstore to check out a copy.

When we return, fill out the pacing chart online with your group. Assign tasks for week one and begin reading this weekend.