We discussed the challenging section of "The Ways We Lie" on lying by omission. Students also worked to identify rhetorical strategies in the article and to imitate the syntactical style of one paragraph from the essay.
We then read a bit from Huck Finn.
Homework: Rhetorical Notebook entry on "The Ways We Lie" due tomorrow.
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We continued to examine strategies for increasing cohesion in an essay. We focused on repetition, noting that repetition can be used at the beginning or end of a clause. Furthermore, repetition of key words is often used as a transition between sentences or even paragraphs. Overt repetition can be strategically employed, so long as the argument progresses with each repetition. (Remember the slinky analogy.)
Homework: Have your next draft of the essay ready for class on Friday. All the major pieces (i.e. paragraphs) should be in place so that we can work on fine tuning revisions.
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