Rhetorical Devices & Literary TechniquesGo to http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html for a very nice overview of terms with examples.
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Dialectic JournalsStudents will be required to keep a dialectic journal in which they reflect upon and analyze the daily reading assignments. For most reading assignments, students should have 3 – 5 quotes per chapter; some responses will be rather lengthy while others may not be. When I grade these, I will be looking for in-depth discussion and consideration of the text’s meaning, relation to other texts, use of literary technique, etc.
For some reading assignments, I will give more prescriptive instructions for journal entries. It is critical that students keep up-to-date reading journals; if they fall behind in their reading assignments, it will be incredibly difficult to catch up! Typically, journals written at the last minute truly lack the analysis and depth which I expect, and grades tend to suffer. So keep up with your work! Any journals not submitted on time will have 10 points deducted for each day it is late. |