took a quiz, added 2 boxes to our flow maps (and discussed the reading, of course), and analyzed a passage from the reading. The homework is to compose a paragraph about a cultural event (American, Edinian, ethnic, etc.) imitating the style of Markandaya. Remember that we decided the essential elements of Markandaya's style are:
1. Vivid language (imagery)
2. Use of fragments to list elements of setting
3. Cultural language & made-up words
4. Figurative language (simile, personification)
5. Appeal to all 5 senses
Your paragraph must be typed, printed, and turned in during class tomorrow.
Hopefully, you blogged for today. You have another blog due Wednesday. This time, the theme concept is overcoming struggle of facing a difficulty. Here's another link to an appropriate article.
You are supposed to include--in your post--an MLA citation for your reading material. See the OWL at Purdue for rules about MLA citations.
The appropriate citation for the article linked to this blog is:
Barry, Dan. "Remote and Struggling but Still a Bit of America." New York Times. 5 October
2008. 2 February 2009.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/us/06land.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1>
Poet-Tees
15 years ago