Can you believe I forgot to mention the irony quiz in yesterday's blog? I can't either. That's why we didn't have it today. Guess what. I'm mentioning it now so we will be having the quiz tomorrow! You need to have an original, never-before-heard-in-class example of
verbal irony situational irony dramatic irony
Three points each. If you have those, you'll earn nine points. Think about them tonight. Write them down so you don't forget. No, you can't just copy them tomorrow in class, but if you have them written down you can look at them up until the moment I tell you to write them down. Then you won't forget them! Be a proactive student. Have them tonight!
Catchy intros! That's what I want to see tomorrow in class. Typed catchy intros!
Be sure you start with a LEAD. That's your hook. Engage and excite your reader.
Transition smoothly to the HOW and WHY section of the paper. HOW did you pick the topic? WHY did you pick the topic? Don't just list this. Transition smoothly to to it.
Then you'll close with your claim. As you know this is the sentence that will tell your reader what the paper is about.
LEAD
HOW
WHY
CLAIM
Have them all!
In addition to the intro, you'll need a good section of your first body paragraph. You have lots of information. Time to start organizing it all into a coherent paper.
We'll go to the IMC tomorrow (bring books to return and money to pay fines). We'll look at the intros and body paragraphs. We'll share many of them. We'll have an idea what is working and what needs work.
Inferences...aren't too far behind.
Poetry...another area of concern based on our Acuity scores. We'll be looking at that again, too.
See you tomorrow.
Okay, before class, show me the three fresh, original irony examples you plan on using tomorrow for the quiz, and I'll sign your Archer card.
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