Elements of Style ReviewRule 1: Place –’s to show possession for

singular nouns.Exceptions:

Rule 2: When you have a series of three or more items, separate them with commas.Exceptions:

Rule 3: Restrictive vs. Non-restrictive clauses.Restrictive clauses specify the subject of a sentence and are not set apart with commas. Non-restrictive clauses are set apart with commas.That vs. Which:

Enter A if the sentence is correct and B if the sentence is incorrect.John Darius’ birthday is fast approaching.

Reggie worked a summer job at Thornton, Scales, & Associates.

Hercules’ labors includes having to slay the Nimean Lion.

[In a newspaper] Michael received three awards this year including most talented, most athletic and most likely to be caught cross-dressing in Midtown Atlanta.

Alexis’s speech won the award for most entertaining.

Enter A if the clause is restrictive or B if the clause is non-restrictiveThe car that has the flat tire is going to be worked on

today.

The Honda Civic, which has a flat tire, needs repairs.

Our chief mechanic, who has a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, has been with the company for six years.

The assistant who does not have a degree is not here today.

The assistant who has a Bachelor’s in Science will be filling in for him.

Tragic Hero ResponsesWhich is more of a tragic figure? Jason or

Medea? Explain using specific examples:

1.Medea because her husband remarried a young girl in Medea what to get even with Jason by poison her dress in when the chores told Medea about it in she feld sad in kind of happy. She wanted evient on Jason so that he could suffer how she did.

Plot summaryRepetitiveErrors interfere with meaning

2Jason had more tragic in his life then Medea because she killed his kids his wife. Then she ran away with him. And the only thing he did was leave her for a new woman. All she had to do was leave.

Does not address all qualities of a tragic hero. Mostly plot summary.

Vague.Errors interfere with meaning.

3I think that Medea is a tragic hero because in the play she had good intentions. She suffered when Jason cheated on her and it got so bad that she killed her own kids. She had good intention for what she did.

Mostly plot summary.Does not address other aspects of tragic

hero.States that Medea had “good intentions,”

but elaborate. Example is not relevant to claim.

4I think that they are the same. First Medee and Jason are both high people. They both had inetions aginsted each other. Medee and Jason both suffered for the lost of their children. But medee has most of the heet [?]. Jason was going to exile medee and her kids. But Medee killed both of them.

Makes claims but does not explain/prove them.

Errors interfere with understanding.Only example provided is used more as plot

summary than as evidence—Not linked to point.

5I believe that Jason was more of a tragic hero. In the beginning Jason’s intention’s were good. He wanted to redeem his fathers name by kicking Pelias off the throne and take his rightful place, his fathers aire. Jason had no intension of finding a woman along his journey. He did not tell Medea to kill her brother or Pelias. Jason didn’t even love Medea she was just happened to be a part of his Journey. Also in Euripides book, Medea, Jason say that it was Cyprus a good who protected him on his journey.

Most references do not come from text.Mostly plot summary.Does not argue using the characteristics of

a tragic hero.Some errors interfere with meaning.Words like “good,” etc. are unclear.

6In the book, Medea, I think that both Medea and Jason are equally a tragic hero. The reason is because they both have the same characteristics of a tragic hero. Their characteristics include being high born, having a tragic flaw, and suffering. But both don’t experience a catharsis. Therefore, neither are more of a tragic hero. They are equal.

No textual evidence whatsoever.Does not explain points.Wordy/repetitive.

Mind MapReason 1•Evidence•Explanation

Reason 2•Evidence•Explanation

Working thesis/topic

Reason 3•Evidence•Explanation

Conclusion•So what...

Mind MapJason is high born

“What luckier chance could I have come across than this, an exile to marry the daughter of the king?” (Euripides 18).

Jason is the son of the deposed king of Iolcus who was forced into exile after Medea murders his uncle. With this line, he explains how he sought to marry the princess as a means of reclaiming his royal birth.

Reason 2•Evidence•Explanation

Jason is more tragic than Medea

Reason 3•Evidence•Explanation

Conclusion•So what...

World Lit.Today, we will be retaking our second

Grammar Quiz.When we finish, we will conduct a 40

minute timed writing exercise.All assignments will be turned in at the end

of the period. Do not worry if you do not finish in time. We will revisit these essays on Wednesday.