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Honesty in a Vase, Vincent van Gogh (1885) Understanding Plagiarism © 2013 James Mulhern “Plagiarize,” according to  The American Heritage Dictionary,  means 1. To use and pass off as one’s own (the ideas or writings of another). 2. To appropriate for use as one’s own passages or ideas from another.  To put forth as original to oneself the ideas or words of another.

"Evaluation is the act of considering or examining something in order to judge its value, quality, or importance" ( Encarta World English Dictionary ). In an Evaluative Essay on Literature you choose to compare and contrast the qualities of a few texts based on certain criteria and then make a judgment/evaluation about which text you feel was most successful.

As you read the passage, consider how [the author] uses evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed          ( The prompt above is from the College Board. )

P rint out and annotate the following story by Ha Jin. Highlight important sentences. If there is not enough room for annotations on the printout, write notes in your binder. Focus on how different types of literary rhetoric (organization of plot, details, characterization, dialogue, imagery, mood/tone, shifts, setting, figurative language, connotations of diction, etc.) support a theme. Indicate page numbers, paragraph numbers, line numbers, as appropriate. Also do "Shorter Analysis Activity"  https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html :

http://dynamic-text.com/QSTEM%20POSTERS.pdf https://marcy.mpls.k12.mn.us/uploads/questionstems.pdf

SAT Question Stem Types for the Reading Test   Which point about ____ is implied in Passage 1 and explicit in Passage 2? Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

    The following was excerpted and amended by me (indicated by italicized bulleted points). The original source is Study.com:

Print out and annotate the following text:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/american-democracy-is-in-crisis/570394/ With partner: Identify critical information: purpose, main points. Summarize the speech (one to two paragraphs). Identify the most effective parts of the text. Why are they effective? Identify rhetorical devices/strategies. How are they effective? Compare/contrast t o other political rhetoric we have read and analyzed. Be specific. Cite speeches. If Clinton's thesis is true, what are some realistic solutions?

For all of the questions below, always cite specific words and phrases. Also cite paragraph numbers or sections (lines). * What is the author’s theme/message/argument and how is this reinforced by elements within the paragraph/section? Cite specific words and phrases.

http://learnonpoint.com/blog/writing-a-summary-of-a-short-story https://www.wikihow.com/Summarize-a-Story https://www.wikihow.com/Start-a-Summary-Paragraph

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~gharada/ENG100/LiteraryAnalysisHInts.htm http://english.unl.edu/sbehrendt/StudyQuestions/ShortStoryQuestions.htm

Print out and staple for class discussion. Read and annotate.  

Print out the short story after clicking on the link. Then read and annotate/take notes on the selection. Be prepared for class discussion and a possible quiz.