Overachieving

Technically, only 2 classes are in the analysis portion of The Overachievers, but one will be doing so tomorrow!

We started off class today with a little competition to test your memory of modes of discourse and rhetorical strategies with varying results. For those of you had a significant amount for both competitions, keep going and adding to your knowledge. For those of you with little items on your lists, this is the time to start taking more initiative with learning your terms. You may have noticed that many a mode and many a strategy keep coming up in a lot of our texts, so there are ample opportunities to practice identifying author's devices. And since the next big ticket item on the docket is a partner/small group verbal presentation of a passage, it's time for everyone to participate with their rhetorical analysis.

1: At this point, we are halfway through the journey of Julie and looking at how the author introduces her to us. So far, you have noted the perception of the Superstar, the internal reality of the Superstar, and the anecdotes from outside opinions to add to the Superstar's stress levels. We will finish up with the last 3 sections of the text tomorrow - very quickly, so be ready to exhibit your knowledge of the text, its organization, and its strategies. We had much more participation today, but there are still a few of you - that have plenty of ethos to share - that are remaining on the quiet side.

3: To add to our vocabulary and rhetorical strategy knowledge, we looked at samples of malapropism, zuegma, and anadiplosis to make sure there was no confusion with these three terms. We will work with Julie and how she is presented via organization and strategies tomorrow.

5: We finished up our Julie look-see, and for homework, you either have Audrey or Frank to close read for organization and strategies. Blake, since we have an odd number of students, you choose one of these to complete for tomorrow.