The essay due date has been postponed until next Wednesday, Oct. 31.
NOTE: If you are a little behind in this process and you are working on your essay Tuesday night for an hour and you're still not finished, please take a break -- share what you have so far with a little note at the end indicating that you've worked for an hour, and I won't mind if you finish the essay the following night.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Using Quotations in an Essay
1. Epigraph: a quote before the essay https://style.mla.org/styling-epigraphs/
"You must allow me to tell you
how ardently I admire and love you."
--Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice
2. Catchy opening line: a quote used as a lead or integrated into a lead
3. Signal phrase: Darcy says, "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" (162).
4. Sentence finisher: Darcy tells Elizabeth that he loves her "ardently" (162).
5. Embedded or integrated word or phrase: Darcy's passionate appeal "must" (162) be heard.
6. Edited quotation: Darcy reveals to Elizabeth how "ardently [he] ... love[s] [her]" (162).
7. Paraphrase: Darcy confesses his love to Elizabeth in a passionate address (162).
8. Block quote (for quotes greater than or equal to 4 lines) ... NOTE: the text below would ALL be DOUBLE-SPACED in an MLA-formatted essay ... also I couldn't figure out how to indent the whole quote, so I tried indenting each line of the quote -- it looks ok on my laptop, sorry if it looks strange on another device). Click here for more info on block quotes.
Although he addresses her in a civil, polite manner, Darcy's proposal is doomed from the start:
He spoke well, but there were feelings
besides those of the heart to be detailed,
and he was not more eloquent on the subject
of tenderness than of pride. His sense of
her inferiority--of its being a
degradation--of the family obstacles which
judgment had always opposed to inclination
were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due
to the consequence he was wounding, but was
very unlikely to recommend his suit. (162-163)
Darcy's miscalculation is in thinking that the "eloquence" and "warmth" of his address would excuse the insulting nature of his comments about Lizzy's family. Realistically, these insults would have turned Lizzy away even if she did not already blame him for ruining the lives of Jane, Wickham, and, to a lesser extent, Bingley.
Examples and further MLA Info:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_quotations.html
"You must allow me to tell you
how ardently I admire and love you."
--Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice
2. Catchy opening line: a quote used as a lead or integrated into a lead
3. Signal phrase: Darcy says, "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" (162).
4. Sentence finisher: Darcy tells Elizabeth that he loves her "ardently" (162).
5. Embedded or integrated word or phrase: Darcy's passionate appeal "must" (162) be heard.
6. Edited quotation: Darcy reveals to Elizabeth how "ardently [he] ... love[s] [her]" (162).
7. Paraphrase: Darcy confesses his love to Elizabeth in a passionate address (162).
8. Block quote (for quotes greater than or equal to 4 lines) ... NOTE: the text below would ALL be DOUBLE-SPACED in an MLA-formatted essay ... also I couldn't figure out how to indent the whole quote, so I tried indenting each line of the quote -- it looks ok on my laptop, sorry if it looks strange on another device). Click here for more info on block quotes.
Although he addresses her in a civil, polite manner, Darcy's proposal is doomed from the start:
He spoke well, but there were feelings
besides those of the heart to be detailed,
and he was not more eloquent on the subject
of tenderness than of pride. His sense of
her inferiority--of its being a
degradation--of the family obstacles which
judgment had always opposed to inclination
were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due
to the consequence he was wounding, but was
very unlikely to recommend his suit. (162-163)
Darcy's miscalculation is in thinking that the "eloquence" and "warmth" of his address would excuse the insulting nature of his comments about Lizzy's family. Realistically, these insults would have turned Lizzy away even if she did not already blame him for ruining the lives of Jane, Wickham, and, to a lesser extent, Bingley.
Examples and further MLA Info:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_quotations.html
Friday, October 12, 2018
CW/HW: 10/12
Based on scenes from the 2005 Film (dir. Joe Wright, starring Kiera Knightly, Matthew
Mcfadyen)
Jot down your thoughts
on the following scenes – before, during, and after viewing them. Things to consider: director’s choices
(lights, sounds, colors, camera shots, pacing), mood/atmosphere, significant
gestures and expressions, and departures from the text. Anything is fair game here. This is an observation activity. J
(Note: We started in class with a meet-the-actress interview with the beautiful-but-not-too-pretty (?)
Kiera Knightly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqb9AkQ1yD0
and a behind the scenes look at the director Joe Wright and the “electric”
nature of “tactile [collisions]” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSNfl2PUFPc You do not need to respond to these ones, but you may if you like.)
SCENE 1: DARCY arrives at the ball.
SCENE 2: DARCY and LIZZY dance.
SCENE 3: DARCY professes his love for LIZZY.
Monday, October 1, 2018
HW 10/1: Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Reading
Assignments
10/1 Ch. 1-7
10/2 Ch. 8-14
10/3 Ch. 15-18
10/4 Ch. 19-24
10/9 Ch. 25-30
10/10 Ch. 31-35
10/11 Ch. 36-41
10/12 Ch. 42-44
10/15 Ch. 45-47
10/16 Ch. 48-52
10/17 Ch. 53-57
10-18 Ch. 58-end
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