Find the article here if you need it.
-SOAPStone the article (bullet points)
Answer the following questions:
1. Describe the appeal to ethos made by the author. Is it effective? Why?
2. Summarize the author’s arguments in favor of the draft.
3. Identify, list and describe the evidence that supports the argument.
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Go to the link above, complete the survey, and PRINT OUT your results page when you are done.
"Into Thin Air"
We'll continue this chapter on irony and ambiguity by looking at a nonfiction narrative of a horrible tragedy on Mt. Everest.
Find the story here (though this version is a bit longer than the one in your textbook).
We'll answer questions 2-4, 6, and 9.
2. Find and explain four examples of situational irony, contradictions, or incongruities in the article (Hint: consider what happens to Rob Hall and Beck Weathers to start).
3. Situational irony is a favorite device of short story writers. What impact does it have in this nonfiction narrative?
4. Choose one tragedy that happened on the mountain - for example, the death of Doug Hansen or the loss of Beck Weather's right hand. Draw a diagram to show the complex causes that led to the tragedy.
6. What conclusions does Krakauer draw at the end of this selection? Do you think these conclusions apply to other "risk takers" as well?
9. Evaluate this article in terms of its subjectivity and objectivity. Find some of the subjective details (thoughts, feelings, personal information,) that Krakauer includes. Would you prefer reading a totally objective (factual) account? Explain.
Find the story here (though this version is a bit longer than the one in your textbook).
We'll answer questions 2-4, 6, and 9.
2. Find and explain four examples of situational irony, contradictions, or incongruities in the article (Hint: consider what happens to Rob Hall and Beck Weathers to start).
3. Situational irony is a favorite device of short story writers. What impact does it have in this nonfiction narrative?
4. Choose one tragedy that happened on the mountain - for example, the death of Doug Hansen or the loss of Beck Weather's right hand. Draw a diagram to show the complex causes that led to the tragedy.
6. What conclusions does Krakauer draw at the end of this selection? Do you think these conclusions apply to other "risk takers" as well?
9. Evaluate this article in terms of its subjectivity and objectivity. Find some of the subjective details (thoughts, feelings, personal information,) that Krakauer includes. Would you prefer reading a totally objective (factual) account? Explain.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION ESSAY
(Suggested time - 40 minutes. This question counts for one-third of the total essay section score.)
Consider the quote below from a recent blog post:
The death penalty doesn’t work. Victims are better off finding another way to cope with their loss. Everyone can show sympathy for the families of murder victims, but executing their killers won't change the past. We might like to think that executing the killer can ease the pain, but it can't. It just pours salt on the wound. Many times, the death penalty brings upon more pain for the family than is necessary. Lengthy trials and appeals processes make the case drag on for years not allowing the pain to heal.
The debate about whether the death penalty is morally right or wrong is widespread. In a well-written essay, develop a position on the moral correctness of capital punishment. Support your position with evidence from your reading, observation, and/or experience.
Consider the quote below from a recent blog post:
The death penalty doesn’t work. Victims are better off finding another way to cope with their loss. Everyone can show sympathy for the families of murder victims, but executing their killers won't change the past. We might like to think that executing the killer can ease the pain, but it can't. It just pours salt on the wound. Many times, the death penalty brings upon more pain for the family than is necessary. Lengthy trials and appeals processes make the case drag on for years not allowing the pain to heal.
The debate about whether the death penalty is morally right or wrong is widespread. In a well-written essay, develop a position on the moral correctness of capital punishment. Support your position with evidence from your reading, observation, and/or experience.
Lamb to the Slaughter Story and Questions
For the Story Click Here
Reading Check
1. At the beginning of the story, what do we learn about Mary's feelings for her husband, Patrick?
2. What happens to upset Mary?
3. Why does Mary go out to the grocer's?
4. What do the police think has happened to Patrick?
Interpretations
5. Dahl does not tell us the exact details of what Patrick tells Mary. What can we infer that Patrick tells her?
6. Cite two examples of situational irony in the story. What clues, or foreshadowing, if any, does Dahl give to prepare us for the unexpected?
7. How does Dahl make use of dramatic irony? Which did you find more powerful - the dramatic irony or the situational irony? Explain why.
8. Find the passage in which Mary asks the police officers to do her a "small favor" and eat the lamb. What kind of irony is at work here?
Reading Check
1. At the beginning of the story, what do we learn about Mary's feelings for her husband, Patrick?
2. What happens to upset Mary?
3. Why does Mary go out to the grocer's?
4. What do the police think has happened to Patrick?
Interpretations
5. Dahl does not tell us the exact details of what Patrick tells Mary. What can we infer that Patrick tells her?
6. Cite two examples of situational irony in the story. What clues, or foreshadowing, if any, does Dahl give to prepare us for the unexpected?
7. How does Dahl make use of dramatic irony? Which did you find more powerful - the dramatic irony or the situational irony? Explain why.
8. Find the passage in which Mary asks the police officers to do her a "small favor" and eat the lamb. What kind of irony is at work here?
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