Thursday, October 16

Target:  To practice finding important rhetorical devices, such as DICTION, IMAGERY, DETAIL, SYNTAX, STRUCTURE and TONE in two essays and to write a thesis for RHETORICAL ANALYSIS essay.

• Reread "The Santa Ana Winds" by Joan Didion.
•  In table groups, share your SOAPS and annotations for the Joan Didion piece.  Is there consensus? Did you notice the same devices? Share out with entire class.
• Thesis Statements:  http://goo.gl/bhCJ3h
• Read "The Horrible Waste of War" by WWII war reporter Ernie Pyle.  
• Discuss the use of STRUCTURE and  ABSTRACT and CONCRETE language.
• Complete SOAPS and as your exit ticket today, a thesis statement for your analysis of this essay.