American Literature Thursday, October 2nd Standard 2 & 3 PSAT Info Turn in the comma practice from last class. Patrick Henry’s Speech – Get out annotations http://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm SOAPStone Find 2 examples of parallelism & 2 quotations that demonstrate Patrick Henry's attempt to build/maintain ethos/logos/pathos. Parallelism: similarity of structure in a pair of series of related words, phrases, or clauses. Used in rhetoric to reinforce an idea. Write a paragraph outlining his major points about why they must fight now. On a notecard, signup for a book talk by listing name, the title of your book, and the author’s name. Give me a brief summary of what you have read thus far. Free Read – Book Talks Begin on October 24th If time allows: Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiment Analysis

Here are some quick facts: · The PSAT is a pre-SAT assessment that consists of three sections – critical reading, mathematical reasoning, and writing skills. This test is a great way to practice taking college entrance exams! · Taking the test is the way students would enter the National Merit Scholarship Corporation Competition – various scholarships and recognitions may result based on test scores · The test is “opt-in”, and there is only room for 150 students to take the exam · Test date: Oct. 15th @ 8:00 am in the Cafeteria (this is a national test date and cannot be moved) · Cost: $20.00 · Sign up and pay in the Counseling Office by Friday, Oct.10th at 3:30 pm