Wednesday, October 30, 2013

HW for 8-3

Sections 8-1 and 8-2 are free from the bonds of ELA homework.

However, 8-3, you've got yourself a tasty little entree dish of work tonight:

1. Typed Thesis
2. 2/3 of your body paragraph charts

Below, I've included a model and a blank template (in case you left it at school):

Thesis statement:  “The Most Dangerous Game” can be read as a cautionary tale, suggesting that one’s arrogance can lead to unfortunate consequences. 

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Explanation
Main Idea
 “The general was playing with him. The general was saving him for another day’s sport.”
The general doesn’t take Rainsford as a serious threat, demonstrating the general’s sense of superiority. In fact, Zaroff treats this experience as merely play or “sport,” furthering the claim that he does not anticipate any harm.
The general displays a great deal of arrogance.
“The general was playing with him. The general was saving him for another day’s sport.”
Here, the general decides not to kill Rainsford. He is trying to prolong the hunt.



Rainsford’s displays a great deal of arrogance.




These characters, as a result of their arrogance, suffer negative consequences.














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