ENG 4U: Personal Essay Unit

Answer the following questions for each of the following essays: The Danger of a Single Story (Video) (October 31-Nove ber !) Shooting an Elephant (htt":##www$online-literature$co #orwell#%%&) (Nove ber ') On Seeing England for the First Time (htt":##www$w"un($edu#library#reserves#)alachows*i# al11+,3$"df) (Nove ber 1-) He Was A Boxer When I Was Small (.e/tboo*#0hotoco"ies) (Nove ber 1!) The Men We Carry In O r Minds (htt":##course1$winona$edu#hshi#eng111#docu ents#1anders$"df) (Nov$ 12) Chi!"en in the Henho se ((0hotoco"ies) (Nov$ -1) My Choi!e (Nove ber -3) #ohn and Mi!hael (Video) (Nove ber -&) 1$ 4hat is the thesis of the essay5 6s it i "lied or stated5 -$ 4hat evidence does the author "rovide to su""ort the argu ent5 3$ 4hat is the organi7ational structure of the essay5 4hy is it a""ro"riate for the essay5 !$ 6dentify the assu ed audience and tone of the essay$ 3$ 6dentify and e/"lain all significant e/a "les of each of the following: sy bols "atterns of i agery allusions stylistic devices rhetorical devices As we study the essays8 *ee" in ind that you will be as*ed to write a "ersonal essay of your own (rough copy due November 25th, and final copy due November 2 )$ 9se the essays that we study as e/a "les and ins"iration8 both for content and style$ 6n "re"aration for your essay8 write a "iece of a""ro/i ately -3+w following our discussion of two of the first four essays$ 6dentify8 at the to" of each "iece8 the stylistic techniques that you "lan to e/"eri ent with$ :onsider each "iece an initial draft leading to a "ossible essay and include the all as "art of the "rocess wor* when you sub it your "olished wor*$ 1$ On Seeing England $ $ $: 4rite about a "lace with strong historical or cultural eaning for you$ -$ Shooting an Elephant: 0re"are a descri"tion of a s"ecific event that ar*ed you$ 3$ He Was A Boxer $ $ $: 6ntroduce a "erson that had an i "act on your life$ !$ )y :hoice: ;escribe a difficult choice that you had to a*e and the social "ressures that you faced$