3U+Essay+Analysis

// Gr. 11 Essay Analysis - updated April 2013 //
 * //[|bit.ly/mrgoessayread] //**

(exam preparation) - start from the bottom


 * ** [[file:1304Grade 11 EXAM Review.doc|Exam Review Sheet]] **
 * ** Sample evaluation criteria for Response: **
 * [[file:2011 Gr 12 essay grading levels (1).doc]][[file:The Quality of the Argument - Jan 2011 (1).doc]][[file:The Quality of Writing - Jan 2011 (1).doc]][[file:Gr 12 generic level mark sheet.doc]]
 * ** The Response Question ** draws on your knowledge of the year's materials (Short Fiction, Novels, Macbeth, Essays) consider this article from the [[file:Boston Globe -Why fiction is good for you.pdf|Boston Globe on the power (and purpose) of Fiction]].
 * Sign up for and check Edmodo where many useful links have been posted!
 * [[file:Peeling Away the Essay Worksheet.docx]]
 * [[file:1105 - 3U - Rhet Dev analysis strategies.doc]]
 * [[file:PATML (1).doc]]
 * [[file:Tone.doc]]
 * [[file:Go-Rhetorical devices - edited.doc]] (sheet distributed in class - note the correction to alliteration under poetic devices)
 * [[file:LiteraryTermsandDevices12.doc]](alternate list with examples - from Ms. Lue)

How to analyze an essay - the steps
 * [[file:3U - essay analysis - peeling away the layers.doc]]
 * [[file:Peeling Away the Essay Worksheet.docx]]

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 * June Callwood **


 * Context **
 * [[file:Bio_in_context-Callwood.html|Callwood - (Biography in Context)]]

Essay:
 * [[file:Making a Difference by June Callwood.pdf]]

media type="youtube" key="grh03-NjHzc" width="252" height="187" **Context**
 * Mandela Inaugural Speech **
 * read more about the history and mechanics of [[file:PMWRL-Apartheid-.html|Apartheid in South Africa here]].
 * Read about Nelson Mandela's life here (Africa for Students) and [[file:Encl_of_Soc_Sci_Nelson_Mandela.html|here]] (Int'l Encyclopedia of Social Science)
 * [[file:3u Mandela Inaugural Speech-paragraphed-double spaced.doc|Mandela's Inaugural Speech]] (Full Text)


 * Analyze **
 * What are five rhetorical devices in this speech (essay)?
 * Use the [[file:1105 - 3U - Rhet Dev analysis strategies.doc|Rhetorical Device chart]] to analyze each one thoroughly, connecting the direct quotation example to the definition and explaining the connection of the device to the main argument (thesis)

There are many anthologies of essays that can be found in your local library The Broadview Reader, Echoes 11, and Viewpoints 11, but newspapers have some good persuasive essay as well:
 * Sample Essays **

Stay away from the Editorials or Letters to the Editor since these are generally not the kinds of persuasive essays we will use on the exam

Using our Library Databases **
 * See this posting


 * In the media: **
 * **The Toronto Star**: Commentary Section only
 * **The Globe and Mail**'s Commentary section