Some thoughts for all of the AP McCarthy prose responses, as you approach your revision. 1. Be careful about the use of the passive voice. You want each sentence to be active, reflecting how McCarthy creates meaning in the passage. Active voice is always preferable in these essays and will help you avoid plot summary […]
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Period 4 generated a good sample outline for the prompt this week. Paragraph 1: Chore/Work-like Nature of the task of the wolf sentence structure (monotony of lines) details (factual, little emotional content) diction (stiff, cold) symbolism (coyotes represent his isolation, loneliness) Paragraph 2: Mourning/Remorse sentence structure (avoidance of emotion, run-on, juxtaposition with last section) epic […]
Information The final is at 8:20 on Thursday. You may bring and use the novel, a 3×5 notecard (hand written), and the worksheet we completed in class. The test will be over two of these questions, though you should be prepared for all of them. I will eliminate one question from the list based on […]
The issues that might arise on the Death of a Salesman exam are listed below. Good luck!
We are Willy Loman, particularly those of us who are writers, poets, dreamers; the yearning soul “way out there in the blue.” Dreaming is required of us, even if our dreams are very possibly self-willed delusions. And we recognize our desperate child’s voice assuring us, like Willy Loman pep-talking himself at the edge of a lighted stage as at the edge of eternity—”God Almighty, [I’ll] be great yet! A star like that, magnificent, can never really fade away!”
Except of course, it can. —Joyce Carol Oates