1. Make Unique Title and Subtitle
Monuments Exercise
Make Unique Title and Subtitle

2. 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)

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

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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 . . .”

7. 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 . . .