Monday,+April+9

Bell Ringer: Periodic and Loose Sentences
Read the following sentence. What are the effects of the author's structural choices?

"It was his idea that there is such a thing as a first-hand opinion; an original opinion; an opinion which is coldly reasoned out in a man's head, by a searching analysis of the facts involved, with the heart unconsulted, and the jury room closed against outside influences."

Periodic vs. Loose Sentences

Using this sentence as a model, write one with a similar structure about anything you wish. Post this sentence as a comment on my blog.

Homework Check
Turn in argument planning sheet

Free-Response Timed Write
40 minutes

Analyzing Technique:
On a sheet of paper, fully answer Questions on Rhetoric and Style (1-11).