1. Literary Connections Research
Dressler’s America
Literary Connections Research
When finished with the research, delete this page and complete the next

3. Rhetorical Triangle Martin Dressler Written Response
Before you start research, put a Rhetorical Triangle below and complete it according to Martin Dressler
Based on your rhetorical triangle, write a response here that captures Steven Millhauser’s exigence (the reason he wrote what he wrote)

4. Put Title Here After You Do Work Below
Read this article on Disneyland
Annotate the article in this box (bullet points)
Search the Web for an image that could come from Martin Dressler and paste it into the box next door.
Across the Box, put a word or phrase that captures the connection between the article and the picture

5. When you have finished, create a title here
Read this Article
In this box, create an emotional flow chart – tone/emotion words – (click Smart Art above) that captures
What is being offered?
What is being received?
Read this Article
In this box
Annotate with one word bullet points (5 points)
Give examples of how these words show themselves in Martin Dressler

6. When you have finished, create a title here
Read this article and create a pictorial montage (collection of 3 pictures) in this box
Find a scene from Martin Dressler and write it out in this box . . .

7. Add Title When Finished
In this box, classify Simulacra and Simulation (with internal citations)
Have two bullet points underneath the definition
Evidence of the definition from one of the other two articles
Evidence of the definition from Martin Dressler
Read this
Article on Simulacra and Simulation
Read this original review of Martin Dressler from the NYT
Article on architecture and Martin Dressler

8. Title When Finished Text and Subtext
- Find six pictures that explain why the Grand Cosmo did not work
- Beneath each picture put the one (tone) word which explains your response
-- Either your belief
-- Or the reaction of the customers in the book

9. Title When Finished
Answer one of the 5 questions five questions below as a Deductive Response Paragraph. Your response should:
Have citations from the writings you have read
Have citations from Martin Dressler
Cited with internal citations
Should have a metaphorical picture in the background that summarizes your argument
Questions
If Martin Dressler represents America, what is America?
If the post-modernists are right (simulacra), what will America’s legacy be?
Each of the poems we’ve read in class are about passing out of one era into another. How do the metaphors of those poems reflect Martin Dressler’s story (one from each poem)?
In class, we talked about the City as a Container. How do you see that happening in Martin Dressler?
Using your Critical School(s) as an example, explain how Martin Dressler reflects the historical implications of the early 20th Century.