This week:
1. Blog the definitions of your literary devices with example sentences:
Ashlyn: Onomatopoeia, Allusion
Emryn: Symbolism, Euphimism
2. Read "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. Text Here: https://archive.org/stream/TheMostDangerousGame_129/danger.txt
3. Write A Chriea Essay on one of the Shakespeare Quotes, modeling our essay after the Samuel Johnson one. Remember to follow these guidelines:
1. Blog the definitions of your literary devices with example sentences:
Ashlyn: Onomatopoeia, Allusion
Emryn: Symbolism, Euphimism
2. Read "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. Text Here: https://archive.org/stream/TheMostDangerousGame_129/danger.txt
3. Write A Chriea Essay on one of the Shakespeare Quotes, modeling our essay after the Samuel Johnson one. Remember to follow these guidelines:
- Praise the sayer or doer, or praise the chreia itself
- Give a paraphrase of the theme
- Say why this was said or done
- Introduce a contrast
- Introduce a comparison
- Give an example of the meaning
- Support the saying/action with testimony of others
- Conclude with a brief epilog or conclusion
This essay should be 5-6 paragraphs, and you should have at least 1 source for "Support the saying/action with the testimony of others", you may use more sources to compare, contrast or to give examples. Remember that you should cite in MLA format via PurdueOwl Online.
If you turn in your essay by Tuesday morning I will edit it and return it to you before your final grade!!!
Have fun this week, I can't wait to see what you think of the short story.
Mallory
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