Tuesday, April 11, 2017

The Lives of a Cell

Obj: I can analyze the structure of a text by completing a says/does analysis.

1. Rhetorical Terms Review: Quiz next class!

2. "The Lives of a Cell" Says/Does Analysis: Pick out rhetorical strategies (diction, imagery, arrangement, etc.) and note how they work to generate his comparison of earth to a cell.

HW: Synthesis Essay and Study for Quiz on Terms

Synthesis Prompt : Consider the focus of the excerpts from Dillard and Thoreau, Thomas’s essay, and the White letter. Write an essay in which you defend, challenge or qualify Thomas’s claim that “man is embedded in nature.” Refer to at least three of the texts for support.

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