Fourth hour saw an impressive mixture of hooks (allusion, imagery-filled, exemplification of context), thorough thesis statements with fun verbs (recontextualize), hybrid strategies (anaphoric hypophora), and mature purposes (I should have my notes with my while I type for an example!), "body" sections full of strategies, evidence, citations, and connections to the audience (if you have hypophora, is there any other angle to analyze?), and conclusions that connected back to the beginning.
Promising start to these informal presentations - with the intention of the last 3 occurring on Friday. Just a few quick reminders - cite everything, try not to play it safe with your strategy choices, know your passage! The last tip revolves around the premise of this activity, which is to not type out paragraphs and essays and read verbatim. While this may make your diction sound incredible (it sure does), it does take away from the engagement of the passage and your own ethos. Our best analysts today relied on notes for a structure and evidence and then talked to the class about the passage.
What is upcoming? You will have the second and last diagnostic prompt to see how you handle a cold read in a timed environment and to see what you have picked up over the last few weeks to improve your writing and analysis. For fourth hour, your second diagnostic will be on Monday.
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