Due December 6 (Chiasmus & FIX-IT 11)

CHIASMUS
FIX-IT 11

Our 3 paragraph essay assignment is a really awesome one! 
Using the prompt chosen in class, create a story and be sure to include a chiasmus.  You may use the chiasmus as an essay prompt or not -- your choice! 

One chiasmus per essay - not per paragraph. 

Please check the notes below to help you remember what a chiasmus is. Once you have mastered this literary device, you will find yourself thinking of them all the time. They are are the ultimate word play! 

Along with the required 1 chiasmus per essay, here are the other requirements for each paragraph:

A chiasmus is a rhetorical device in which a sentence or phrase is followed by a sentence or phrase that reverses the structure and order of the first one in order to produce an artistic effect.

Required:

1 Chiasmus in your essay

w/w                                 
bc                                         
ly                            
asia
SV
QA

2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7

1 different DEC per paragraph

Topic/Clincher  

Examples:

Let us preach what we practice and     

let us practice what we preach.

If you fail to plan,
then you plan to fail.

People don't care what you know
Until they know that you care.

God doesn't call the able;
He enables the called.

The person who is too big for a small job
is too small for a big job.

You can give without loving
but you can't love without giving.

But many that are first shall be last,
And many that are last shall be first.  (Matthew 19:30)

Live simply so that others may simply live.  (often attributed to Gandhi)

Here are some more examples with more detailed bolding with colors to further clarify the chiasmus pattern.

Bad men live that they may eat and drink,
whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.  Socrates (5th Century BC)

Do I love you because you're beautiful? 
Or are you beautiful because I love you?  (Oscar Hammerstein)

When the going gets tough, 
the tough get going!

Ask not what your country can do for you.
Ask what you can do for your country. (JFK)

Let us never negotiate out of fear.
But let us never fear to negotiate.  (JFK)

Mankind must put an end to war
or war will put an end to mankind.  (JFK)

Note: Some rhetorical glossaries distinguish between chiasmus (diagonal arrangement of ideas and grammar) and antimetabole (diagonal arrangement of exact words). We are not going to make the distinction. We will use the term "chiasmus" for both.

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Week 11 

Dorinda may have had her deficiencies but she did tell the truth when asked directly “A frog”. “What did he want”?  

(Now you and me might have trouble with King Mortons rejoinder—why didn’t he think it unusual that a frog would knock at the castle door? but remember, this is a fairy tale which is allowed to be bizarre. 

Gushing tears yet again which Dorinda could expediently turn on and off like a faucet she sobbed the story of the frogs rescue of her ball, and the promises she had foolishly made. 

Surely you wouldn’t make me like touch that slimy, old thing? she groaned piteously. 

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Due November 29 (Analogy & FIX-IT #9 & #10)

ANALOGY
FIX-IT 9 and 10

REQUIRED DRESS-UPs:
w/w
bc
asia
ly
QA
SV

OPENERs:
2
3
4 (extra credit)
5
6
7 (extra credit)

1 different DEC per paragraph

Pick one of the following similes (that contain analogies) and then write a 3-paragraph  essay about it.

• Life is like a race. The one who keeps running wins the race and the one who stops moving forward loses.

• Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.

• The way a doctor diagnoses diseases is like how a detective investigates crimes.

• Just as a caterpillar comes out of its cocoon, so we must come out of our comfort zone.

• Rude people are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard.

OR

Use one of these as inspiration for your 3-paragraph essay. You may use the exact wording of the sentence in your essay.

1.  She tried to get rid of the kitten which had scrambled up her back and stuck like a burr just out of reach.

2.  The snow lay here and there in patches in the hollow of the banks, like a lady’s gloves forgotten.

3.  In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun.

4.  He was utterly absorbed by the curious experience that still clung to him like a garment.

5.  She entered with ungainly struggle like some huge awkward chicken, torn, squawking, out of its coop. 

6. The water made a sound like kittens lapping.

7. She inched over her own thoughts like a measuring worm.

Week 9 

“Oh yes benevolent frog!” (Notice that in fairy tales, character’s don’t have great curiosity about such oddities as talking frogs—or, maybe Dorinda was to self-centered to think about any one other than her. 

“I’ll gladly do so, with one stipulation the frog responded. “Anything! My dad’ll kill me if I loose that ball, which cost him a Royal Fortune. Its gold you know. 

“Well I didn’t know anything of the sort but I do think I could dexterously retrieve it. Here are my terms I’ll bring you the ball if you’ll treat me at your table in the castle let me dine from your very own plate and allow me to dwell one night in the palace”. 

Sure thing Dorinda responds hastily perhaps a little to curtly. With that, the frog hops back into the water disappears four a few moments then returns, panting as only frogs can pant with the ball. 

Week 10 

You didnt tell me it was solid gold he wheezed. Princess Dorinda didnt hear him, she had all ready skipped back to the palace, tickled with the return of her treasure. 

That evening while the royal family dined sumptuously they heard a faint tapping at the castle door, moments later, the footman appeared, with a message for Princess 

Dorinda. 

“Princess” he began. You have a visitor at the door excusing herself from the table Dorinda hastened away. When she opened the door however blood drained from her 

face, their squatted the forbearing frog. 

“You forgot you’re pledge to treat me hospitably at the palace” he croaked she slammed the door in his face. Dorinda who was at the door, King Morton inquired when she returned to the table. 


source: https://www.dailywritingtips.com/20-great-similes-from-literature-to-inspire-you/

Due November 15 (T-day & FIX-IT 8)

T-DAY
FIX-IT 8

Your assignment is to write an essay about Thanksgiving. 
You have a lot of leeway on this essay. 

• You might want to write about the first Thanksgivings in America (hint: they were NOT in 1621).

•  You might want to write about a deeper meaning of Thanksgiving (i.e. the Greek for Thanksgiving is Eucharista). Taylor Marshal writes about this in easy to read, clear ways. here (<--- St. Paul references) and here (<--- Biblical references linking back to the Old Testament).

•  If you want to dive into the Eucharist as your topic, here is a series of three YouTube recordings that might be helpful.  

Scott Hahn's Understanding the Eucharist part 1.  
 Scott Hahn's Understanding the Eucharist part 2.
 Scott Hahn's Understanding the Eucharist part 3.

•  You might want to write about a much loved familyThanksgiving  tradition. If you choose to do this, your essay should be filled with descriptions and answer the who, where, why, and how questions. Dive deeper than a simple description of a tradition. Give us depth.

•  You might want to learn about the Canadian Thanksgiving and write about that.

•  You might want to write a creative essay that uses "Thanksgiving" as your writing prompt.

3 Paragraphs

ALL Dress ups

Openers: 2, 3, 4(extra credit), 5, 6, 7(extra credit)

Required DECs 
(ONE of each w/i the whole essay -- not per paragraph)
MET
SIM
ALLIT
QUOTE


Topic/Clinchers
The last sentence of paragraphs 1 and 2 should reflect, repeat, reiterate the first.

The last sentence of your essay should reflect, repeat, reiterate the TITLE.

Vocabulary - extra credit

Missing KWO, rough draft, or checklist  =  -5pts each
Improper heading or title block =  -5pts each

Week 8 

If you would permit me madam I should be honored to rescue your plaything”, a throaty voice offered. And Dorindas tears dried instantly as she looked around for the person belonging to the voice. 

A little flustered when sighting no one, she inquired “pray tell, who has tendered such a thoughtful offer Groomed in courtly speech Dorinda could talk as a princess when convenient. 

When a slimy putrid green amphibian hopped toward her on the rim of the well, croaking, “It was me Dorinda let lose a spine tingling shriek and nearly ran away, her inquisitiveness got the better of her however. 

“How is it you can talk Mr Frog” “Its a dull story but maybe I’ll tell it to you one day, for the present, would you like me to salvage your ball?”