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Week 7 Class 2Feb 21

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20. Novel: a lengthy fictitious prose narrative portraying characters and presenting an organized series of events and settings. Novels are accounts of life and involve conflict, characters, action, settings, plot, and theme. This is considered the third stage of the development of imagination fiction, following the epic and the romance.21. Pathos: A quality of a play’s action that stimulates the audience to feel pity for a character. Pathos is always an aspect of tragedy, and may be present in comedy as well.22. Personification: a figure of speech in which abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are endowed with human form, character, traits, or sensibilities.

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23. Protagonist: the leading character of a drama, novel, etc. This is not always the hero, but is always the principal and central character whose rival is the antagonist.24. Scene: the place where some act or event occurs. Sometimes the term is used for an incident or situation in real life. It is also the division of an act of a play or a unit of dramatic action in which a single point is made or one effect obtained.25. Drama: A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action. A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.

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Terms Exam 3O Day: Monday, February 27th.O Format: matching, fill in the blank,

multiple choice, and definition writing.

O Number 25 to get 25.

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Essay 3: Peer Feedback Day

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1. Read for a first Impression

a. Each participant in the group will read his or her essay aloud.

b. Follow along with the reader, briefly noting paragraphs that are particularly convincing as well as any that seem unclear or unsupported.

c. Write a one-sentence summary of the essay’s thesis.

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2. Evaluate the thesis statement and how well it forecasts the argument.

a. Find the thesis statement, and highlight or underline its key terms. (if you cannot find the thesis statement, let the writer know).

b. Evaluate the thesis statement c. Skim the essay again, highlighting or

underlining each key term as it is brought up.

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3. Indicate whether each reason is well supported

a. Look closely at the sections where the reasons are developed. Note whether each reason is supported adequately with textual evidence such as quotations, paraphrases, or summaries.

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4. Evaluate the Argument as a Chain of Reasons

a. Summarize briefly for the writer your understanding of how the reasons work together to argue for the thesis.

b. Note where logical connections linking the chain of reasons could be added, strengthened, or made more explicit.

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5. Suggest how the organization could be improved.

a. Consider the overall plan, perhaps by making a scratch outline. Note any places where the argument is hard to follow or where transitions are missing or do not work well.

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6. Give the writer your final thoughts

a. What is the draft’s strongest part?

b. What part is in need of further work?

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Essay #3 Due Monday February 27th

O Readers: when you finish, return the draft and the completed form to the writer.

O Writers: read the comments and revise your essay accordingly. O When you turn in your final draft on

Monday, please include the copies of the drafts and the feedback forms returned to you by members of your group.

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Homework Due Feb 27th

O Writing: Revise Essay 3 O Studying: Vocab/terms for ExamO Reading: Hwang's M Butterfly O Prepare: Essay 2. Make your revisions

based on my comments. Bring that copy (the one with my comments), your grade sheet, and a clean copy (or a computer version) to work on in class on Monday, February 27th. (This essay will be due on Wednesday, February 29th.)