Hurry Up and Wait!

Happy Advent!

Read this short article and complete a rhetorical analysis!

https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2017/12/03/advent-hurry-up-and-wait/

And don't forget our novena. We need to pray on weekends too!

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment In which the Son of God was born Of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, 
[here mention your request] 
through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.

I am grateful for this guy's argument!

Well,
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for all of you. Thank you for trusting me, for working hard, for praying with me and for being young and energetic and curious! Here is a great, great article about being grateful. What is the author's argument? And HOW does he convince us that he is right? This is another way of saying that you must do a rhetorical analysis of this article. It really is fantastic. In the comments, please post under at least 5 classmates names what you appreciate about him or her. And comment on two of your classmates rhetorical analysis as well!

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/opinion/sunday/choose-to-be-grateful-it-will-make-you-happier.html

I love you all very much and will be thanking God for each and every one of you by name. I am excited to spend the advent season with all of you upon our return!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Messineo

Liar Liar Pants on Fire!

This week, you will practice writing fallacies so that you can better recognize them in your own and in other people's arguments.

Choose a topic of some controversy.

Write a speech and insert AT LEAST 4 fallacies. Properly ORDER the speech. (Exordium, narration, partitio, confirmation, refutation, peroration)

Here is a list from which to choose:

Affirming the consequence
denying the antecedent
Undistributed middle
Fallacy of Relevance
     ad baculum
     ad misericordium
     ad populum
     ad hominem
     red herring
     straw man
Fallacy of Presumption
     complex question
     either-or
     hasty generalization
Fallacy of Clarification
     equivocation
     accent

When commenting on the blogs of your classmates, you are to identify at least two of the fallacious statements and name them. Be sure to check your blog often so you can confirm or deny the guess made by your classmate. In other words, tell them whether or not they got them right. All fallacies must be identified, so comment a lot and help the class out. If there are 27 bloggers with four fallacies each that gives us 108 fallacious statements that must be identified. Do your part. Guess again if you got them wrong.

Rhetorical Analysis Take 2

Here is another attempt at a rhetorical analysis. Print out the text, set a timer for 40 minutes. Read and annotate the piece, and then do your rhetorical analysis on the blog. 

You can reach the prompt by clicking on this link, and scrolling down to page 9. Print it out and go for it. 

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap14_frq_english_language.pdf

By the way, we are not going to have our test on Monday. I don't think we're ready. We will practice using the words more this week and we will take the test on Friday. Have a good weekend. 

Once Upon a Time...

Choose a fairy tale. Rewrite it in high style AND in low style. For a high style, you might choose the vernacular of one of the following: a doctor, a lawyer, a US president, or Shakespeare. For a low style, imagine the speaker as one of the following: a surfer, a country bumpkin, an urban teenager, or a chatty girl on her cell phone. Here are some fairy tales to choose from:

You should find and read the fairy tale before attempting the assignment. Also, once a fairy tale has been chosen, it cannot be repeated. THese are just a few suggestions. When the list runs out, you are expected to find your own. There are hundreds of fairy tales, so it should not be a problem. Be sure that you're telling the WHOLE story, in chronological order. 

"The Three Little Pigs""
"The Ugly Duckling"
"Hansel and Gretel"
"Rumpelstiltskin"
"Rapunzel"
"The Elves and the Shoemaker"
"Sleeping Beauty"
"Little Red Riding Hood"
"The Fisherman and His Wife"
"The Gingerbread Man"
"Henny Penny"
"Puss in Boots"
"Jack and the Beanstalk"