Friday, March 14, 2014

march 14

JOURNAL TOPIC: (no journal today, please turn 'em in)

AGENDA:
1. Lit terms midterm

HW:
1. Reminder: Literature Analysis #3 due March 31 (17 days)
2. Essay draft (on paper or blog) per yesterday's prompt (see below).  Additional criterion: please use three brief quotes from the text and 3-5 literary terms/techniques to illustrate/support your thesis/main points.  Due Monday, March 17.

PROMPT
1979 Choose a complex and important character in a novel or a play of
recognized literary merit who might, on the basis of the character’s actions alone,
be considered evil or immoral. In a well-organized essay, explain both how and
why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more
sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary.

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