Week 3: Description and Illustration

Learning Objectives

• Review comma usage
• Understand conventions of descriptive writing
• Understand conventions of illustration
• Review elements of paragraphing (the M.E.A.L plan)
• Go over writing assignment #2

Reminders

Week 3-4 Online Engagement:

• Read chapter 7 in Subject and Strategy
• Write and submit rough draft of description/illustration essay DUE by 11:59pm on 9/20
• Complete discussion board assignments on chapter 7 DUE by 11:59pm on 9/18
• Study for Quiz on punctuation [this is a change from the syllabus]

Commas

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Description

What is description?  What is the difference between objective and subjective description?

Review Online Engagement:  Read chapter five in Subject and Strategy and the following short readings:  Walls, "A Woman on the Street," and Angelou, "Sister Flowers."  
Complete the "Questions on Strategy" activities on page 141 and "Writing Suggestion" #1 on page 172.

Illustration

What is illustration and how does it differ from description?  

Review Online Engagement: Read chapter 6 in "Subject and Strategy" and the following short readings:  Albom, ""If You Had One Day with Someone Who's Gone," and Tannen, "How to Give Orders Like a Man."
Complete the "Questions on Diction and Vocabulary" on page 205 and page 223.

Paragraphing

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Writing Assignment #2

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