Learning Target: Prepare for semester exam.

Hand in revision projects.

Exam prep: For the exam, you will write one essay (but you will be given two options to choose from).  The prompt for each essay will be the following, or something close to this:

Read the piece carefully. Then write a well organized essay analyze how the writer ____________crafts his/her argument. You may wish to consider such devices as those in the box provided. Avoid mere plot summary.

Tone/Mood

Imagery

Allusions

Organization and Structure

Syntactical Patterns (parallel structure, repetition, antithesis, sentence length and style/arrangement)

Diction (word choice)

Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, understatement)

Selection of details

Rhetorical Appeals (ethos, logos, pathos)