Make Unique Title and Subtitle Monuments Exercise Make Unique Title and Subtitle

Choose a Picture Find a Picture that best represents America Can be a person Can be a place Can be a photo, portrait, painting Be unique (don’t just settle for a Goggle Search)

OPTIC Place Picture on this Side Do OPTIC on this side . . .

Writing About Monument (Put Picture in Background) 1st Person Narrative Straight Lead Have the picture talk about itself . . . Use Literary Device 17 (CAPITALIZE) Describe the scene as a reporter . . . Use description Describe the concrete Use Device 2 (CAPITALIZE)

Write About Monument (Put Picture in Background) Feature (as a metaphor) Editorial (Definition) Use this monument as a metaphor for the American Spirit Use the details as the concrete examples Use Device 31 (CAPITALIZE) Use this monument as a representation for the American Spirit Put focus on the audience What can they learn by looking at/experiencing this monument Use Parallelism

They Say/I Say Make A Case Rebuttal … Choose the monument you would have picked had you not picked your own Put picture of it in the background of this textbox Write a first-person argument for why this monument thinks it should be #1 Address the monument’s concern, one by one, from the perspective of your #1 Begin the paragraph with the line “I hear what you’re saying . . .”

My National Anthem Title of Song Argument Choose a song that represents the spirit of your monument Place the lyrics in this box Let the song speak for itself Write it in the tone of a girl on the Bachelor Start with “Of course, I’m his song . . .” Explain using the words from the song and the details from the picture . . .