Brutus and Portia: Act II, Scene i

Above is the PowerPoint detailing how to compose an anecdotal introduction. The presentation also includes an outline for the entire essay.

Your Task

Rewrite your introductions, beginning with a hook or anecdote. Then, complete the first body paragraph (Logos).

• Revised introductions and your first body paragraphs are due before class on Friday (10/2).
• They must be shared with me via email: eclark@gehrhsd.net (Please give me the ability to edit.)
• They must be completed via Google Docs; handwritten work will not be accepted.
• Double-spaced
• Size 12 Times New Roman
• Proper MLA heading
• The OWL at Purdue has a wonderful, labelled diagram: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090701095636_747.pdf

The Act II study guides are also due on Friday.

Homework: Due 9/28

Portia certainly knows how to get what she wants from her man, Brutus.

Your Task

Read this AP Lang style prompt:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FLL7EN9BGHLolXJW3VwdZN39sefR11qUU2wJslTQrYI/pub

Consider what is asked in the prompt, and compose an introductory paragraph for the essay.

Your intro paragraph is due this Monday, Sept. 28th. 

Can You Say... Hero?

Mr. Rogers was more than just a children's television host. According to Esquire writer Tom Junod, he was actually a hero.

Read his 1998 profile of the man here.

http://www.thedqtimes.com/pages/castpages/other/fredrogerscanyousayheropg1.htm

Identify and explain 5 uses of 5 different rhetorical devices in the article. Include full quotes from the article and explain how each example works.

Due: Monday. Sept. 14th. Be prepared to share.