1. Read pages 222-225, answering question #2 only about the essay.
2. Journal #12: Write and Extended Definition about something in your life. You could define what family means, you can define what success using anecdotes from your life, etc.
3. Free write for your Analytical Essay. Choose a topic that you want to write on, and then choose your style: Compare & Contrast, Cause & Effect, Classification, Process Writing, or Definition. Bring this with you to class.
Here are some sample topics from each of those styles to get you thinking:
Cause & Effect: Cheating in school, Why kids drop out of high school, Racial/Sexual/Religious discrimination
Compare & Contrast: Two perspectives on the same place (past and present), Two ways to break a bad habit, Online class compared to a traditional class
Classification: Facebook users, parenting styles, television shows, sports fans
Process Writing: A process that keeps you healthy, a process that you've mastered, a process in your planned occupation
Definition: words that are related to an art or sport, words that are in the news, words that are over or underused, words that do-or do not-describe you.
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