Middle Eastern Lit Assignment

Choice Novel, Middle Eastern Lit

You have signed up for one of the choice books. 

On Thursday, December 8, you need to come to class with both of the following assignments completed over your selected book.  You will then spend time in class working with your novels.

•   800-1000 word response to AP question.  Linked are MANY of the writing prompts of the last 25 years.  Find one applicable to your book.  Make sure you QUOTE- with page numbers- sufficiently.

 http://mseffie.com/iOpeners/Open_Questions.pdf

•   A list, including page number and quote, of at least ten rhetorical strategies used by the author.  These might include: point of view, setting, metaphor, simile, paradox, irony, tone, allusion, etc... (http://www.uppercapetech.com/SummerReading2010Terms.pdf contains a pretty thorough listing... you also might recognize it as the place your literary terms to memorize are listed).

You also need to find ONE critical piece of work or article over your novel.  This needs to be more scholarly than a review on amazon.com, please.  (You should also avoid critical essays on sparknotes or Cliffnotes.)  You do not need to do anything with it other than print it out and bring it in.

Finally, you need to come with information on your author.  You can glean this info from your book (most have epilogues, author’s notes, etc), the author’s website (most have one), or the book publishing company.  Again, you do not need to do anything with it other than have it with you.

***I am eliminating our further drafts on the Hamlet essay since I neglected to post this assignment before break. You will receive a grade on the first draft of Hamlet that you have written.