Yes, this blog is just for my first hour, those diction analysts sculpting sentences that feature the author, a specific active verb, multiple specific adjectives clarifying diction, and a purpose utilizing your developed vernaculars. You are the forerunners, the first of the AP Langers to jump into the world of diction, and you did not disappoint with your specificity and originality.
In regards to our agenda, we started class with a thorough vocabulary review to prep for your next vocab quiz. Then, we returned to the Alcott groups formed during last class. You evaluated each other's body paragraphs, providing feedback on organization, voice, evidence incorporation, and analysis. After this peer evaluation, you then wrote a team introduction and a team conclusion. As each group shared these paragraphs out loud, we had the chance to hear different approaches to hooks, rhetorical strategy analysis, and conclusions. What made me happy was the improvement of voice, diction, multiple examples of evidence, strong topic sentences indicating strategy and purpose, active verbs, and complex analysis.
After our class readings and verbal feedback, we began the transition into diction study by looking at anaphora, the repetition of words and phrases in successive sentences. In "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti, we delineated the "heart" anaphora, the similes and how they further the motherly diction, the examples of symbolic wealth to add to her perspective, and the slight diction shift that still reflects her overall serene, hopeful, and loving tone.
With that example of how to choose specific adjectives for diction, we looked at quotes by celebrities, authors, and presidents to create thesis statements for an essay (or at least topic sentences for a paragraph analyzing diction). As we continued from Marilyn Monroe to Agatha Christie to Bette Davis to Thomas Jefferson, we created statements the evinced your own diction and clarity of purpose.
At the end of the hour, your new diction group began analyzing quotes about October. During Friday's class, you will finish your analysis and present to the class.
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