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Quizzes and Essay

Sophomores
Answer the following questions about "Civil Disobedience" (p370-376):
  • Comprehension Check, #3-5 p378
  • #1-5 on p380
Quiz on Thursday on "Self-Reliance" and "Civil Disobedience," including vocabulary.

Seniors
You will write the "Thanksgiving" essay tomorrow in class. Your topic must be a person or group of people, and your essay should include the specific reason(s) you are thankful. Is it based on a single event or several? How has it affected you? What did you learn?

How do you start this essay? Although there are several possibilities, consider the following: focus on naming the person, along with a brief statement about why you are thankful; focus on yourself, on how this person's influence has affected you; focus on a specific moment that is related to your gratitude.

Your quiz on rhetorical terms A-D is on Friday.

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