Essay+Analysis

updated Jan 2011
 * 4U Essay Analysis **



~ Class handouts on Essay Analysis click here ~

January Exam Preparation


 * [[file:Generic essay analysis sheet.doc]]
 * [[file:Gr 12 generic level mark sheet.doc]]
 * [[file:2011 Gr 12 essay grading levels (1).doc]]
 * [[file:The Quality of Writing - Jan 2011 (1).doc]]
 * [[file:The Quality of the Argument - Jan 2011 (1).doc]]



In order to practice your essay analysis skills and written response for the January 20th exam, we will hold a few after school sessions in O’Grady Hall (Rm. 238) from 3:45-4:30 pm on these days:

 · Thursday, January 6th – strategic approach to this exam & first run-through the essay  · Monday, January 10th – thesis & development of the argument (paragraph functions)  · Thursday, January 13th – rhetorical devices and how they help the argument  · Monday, January 17th – written response  · Wednesday, January 19th – final review (short new essay)

<span style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 15.05pt; margin-top: 7.5pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__ Instructions for after school sessions __ <span style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 15.05pt; margin-top: 7.5pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Go to earlhaig.ca, “English Department Downloads” and print off a copy of **“In the Wake of Pauline Kael”** by Liam Lacey <span style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 15.05pt; margin-top: 7.5pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · We will use this essay to review all aspects of possible questions on the exam: //tone, thesis, development of argument, rhetorical devices// and //your response to the thesis//. <span style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-right: 15.05pt; margin-top: 7.5pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · You may use your “Functions of a Paragraph” notes and your “Rhetorical Devices” notes to answer the following questions.