September 14, 2010

When you come in…  Find synonyms (or related words) for the 8 vocab words you chose yesterday. melancholy, nostalgia, despair, objectivity, enumeration, idyllic, vulgar, escapism, exposé, bane, intricacies, reminisce, dexterity, pensive, pedantic, imagistic, nebulous

Your Notes on Purpose & Audience  While I come around to check your notes, talk with the people at your table about the notes you took. Add to your notes if you missed something.  What are some things you heard people at your table are the most important things to know about purpose & audience? Everyone should write down what is said. Purpose: inside vs. outside the writing situation; hypothesis leads to purpose, purpose leads to discovery draft, thesis statement makes a restricted, unified, and precise assertion about your subject Audience: self, others who help you choose subject and coach through the writing process, those who have not thought too much about how writers work and who want something interesting and important

Rhetorical Triangle

Rhetorical Framework

What prompts the author to speak at that time? To whom is the author writing? How does the author appeal to the audience? What does the author want to happen? What does the author want the audience to believe or do? Does the author show his credibility – that he knows relevant info about the topic? Is he believable? Does the author offer a clear, reasonable central idea? Does he develop it with appropriate reasoning, examples, or details? Does the author draw on the emotions and interests of the audience so they will sympathize and buy into his central idea or argument? Word choice Sentence structure “word pictures” that appeal to senses Descriptive language such as metaphor, simile, personification, symbol, etc.

8.2 paragraph  TS  CD  CM  CD  CM  CS Copy in the Writing Process section of your spiral.

Elements of an Essay Take the notes about thesis statements in the Writing Process section of your notebook.

If there’s still time…  Review vocabulary words melancholy, nostalgia, despair, objectivity, enumeration, idyllic, vulgar, escapism, exposé, bane, intricacies, reminisce, dexterity, pensive, pedantic, imagistic, nebulous  Review notes on thesis statements for tomorrow