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Revision as of 14:11, 27 August 2013
8.21.13
Peter 4:10 Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
Proverbs 2: 20-21 Walk therefore in the way of the good and keep the way of the righteous ones. Because the upright dwell in the land and those without blemish are spared in it
Robert E Lee You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.
power of allusions: "grail" --> holiness, quest (ultimately unsuccessful), commitment for life
Lessons from Great Gatsby
- you don't get everything you want
- America has become a (moral) wasteland
- failure of "The American Dream"
What is "The American Dream"?
- social power
- money
- social legitimacy (DAR)
- "rags to riches", "work your way up"
- "boy gets girl"
- "land of the free"
08.22.13
American dream is different for women:
Child: Daisy :: Daisy : Tom
Jordan and Daisy have different definitions of success.
Think of Jordan as in the line of suffragettes
Nick is narrator: does this imply you have to take what he says as the truth?
"unreliable narrator"
HW Passages where nick contradicts himself or other impressions about Gatsby:
8/26/13
Differences between modern and colonial American literature: Low literacy rate/Poor education Town crier would read aloud newspapers Political and religious writings were the two major topics heavily focused on before 1820
John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity": Things to look for: -Religious rhetoric/bible refrences/appeal to authority -Rhetoric consists of emotion, facts/reason, and, in the case of John Winthrop, religion
Diction, figurative language (metaphors, similie, symbols, and images) all help convey tone Style is made up by sentence structure
Vocab: Add- Ostensibly - apparently Synergy - working together or in union Omit- Diadem Change- Regale - entertain Vagary - not a whim, but a spontaneous action
8.27.13
- Notice that the reasons are justifications of why the world is as it is rather than Edenic
- Why is there so much emphasis on things that seem non-religion in nature (when to lend to people, how much to lend, when not to worry about repayment, for instance)?
- Near the end of page 41, there is a reference to "Adam, rent himself from his Creator..". What is the theological term for this "rending"?
- What are the conclusions about "love among Christians" to which Winthrop refers [page 44]?
- Near the end of [page 46], what is "the onely way to avoyde this shipwracke"?
- How is his colony "as a citty upon a hill"?
- What is the end result, Winthrop tells them, of not doing as he urges?
AP Argument Essay
Passed out AP grading criteria (also posted on WH); passed out a good sample essay and went through it, explaining what made it good.
Main thing is to answer the prompt correctly! Next item is structure. AP essays expect a somewhat stereotyped structure.
- Intro (answer prompt in here)
- 2-3 points of supporting evidence with specific references to the work/situation in question
- conclusion
