Schedule for Week of 16 April:
RD Test #2: Thursday, 19 April-see post below for specific devices.

Analyzing Rhetoric: Orwell's Politics and the English Language
(Focus: How does Orwell "sustain" his argument?) A separate "Classwork/Homework" handout will be distributed in class.

Supporting Your Argument: Emerson's The American Scholar
Writing Assignment: Handout-Part I (in-class) and Part II (homework)

Analyzing a Writer's Argument: Bellow's Man Underground and Locke's The New Negro assignment sheet with links to the essays

Analyzing text with a "connection" to a specific "prompt": Huey Long's Every Man A King
Every Man A King assignment sheet

Analysis Essay-Rhetorical Purpose: Murrow's Speech (Television...w/ a connection to film good night, and good luck)/Mark's If I Were A Black Kid and Peitzman's If I Were A Middle Aged White Man
Click on link for the speech, essays, and writing prompts.

DUE DATES: TBA (Note: You will no longer have several days to complete an assignment...an assignment will more than likely be due on a day that your class does not meet...you will still be required to "hand-deliver" the assignment to me in Room 404...no excuses-no exceptions!