Seniors: Argument Essay #1

Your first argument essay concerns the underage drinking that occurs at some high school functions. Your task is to craft a persuasive essay in favor of one particular solution. Employ the rhetorical appeals from your book, as well as the classical model for organization (13-14):

Introduction
Narration (establish the problem)
Confirmation (provide reasoning)
Refutation (recognize opposition)
Conclusion

Although you will have several suggestions for solving the problem, focus on your strongest argument. You will have an opportunity to revise this paper at a later date, but I would like a copy of what you type in class. Save and print at the end of class.

Juniors ~ Restoration Period

For more on the Restoration Period, go to the homepage for the Norton Anthology of English Literature . Click on the picture below to go to Wikipedia's page on Hogarth's Marriage a-la-mode :

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

What better way to spend Halloween than reading a story that begins with a beheading? For the next week or so, we'll be discussing Arthurian Literature, beginning with a look at " Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ," the anonymous tale of a test of courtly love, involving a supernatural green knight and a bet. For more information on the poem, read this introduction . I've also included a prose translation that you can compare with the verse translation we have in our book.

Homework

Seniors Your exam is on Thursday, and your final essay is on Friday. I'll talk more about the essay in class tomorrow. Also, the senior auction project lacks one more important detail - your memories! We will spend a bit of time tomorrow in class writing down some of your fondest memories of your senior year, and the rest of your time at RO. Sophomores Read "Lines Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey," and complete the questions at the end of the selection in your book. As always, please use complete sentences and cite frequently from the text.

river oaks [english]

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