Keeping up with Kyla👑

 Today in class we did a simple assignment. Mr.Rease seemed to be in a bad mood. Most likely because his favorite team lost. He did assign quite a bit of work. I'll most likely be done by tomorrow. Today's class wasn't too bad though. 

 Today in class we worked on this: 

 Today in class we had a free day. We talked amongst ourselves for about 30 minutes before going to the junior assembly. 

 today in class we did this assignment  

 Today in class we went over a letter. From the letter we began to form a rhetorical analysis essay. First we read the letter. Then we used a SoapsTone graphic organizer to analyze the letter. Next we formed a theis     statement. After this we began to create the body paragraphs. 

 Today in class Mr.Rease wasn't here. I didn't see any work for the day. Because of this I spent the period doing my math homework. I completed all of the Khan academies assigned to me. I spent the rest of the class period taking to Braxton, Nadia , and Alyssa. We talked about a lot of things going on in our lives.  

 Today in class we watched different scenes from movies and determined the rhetoric. We also had do determine the audience and the purpose of whatever speech was given. The assignment was very fun. After watching most of the clips i wanted to continue watching the rest of the movies. 

 Today in class we wrote a speech about why our peers shouldn't do drugs. The speech had to be 2 paragraphs. It also had to use ethos, logos, and pathos, and 5 rhetorical devices. I completed this assignment fairly fast. This assignment was fun. 

 Today in class we analyzed a song called Resist Temptation by Tupac. We found any rhetorical devices that were used in the song. In the song we saw antithesis. We saw this when the song stated, " What you thought would be heaven, turns out to be hell". He also used rhetorical questions. This is when he stated, "But is this my destiny?", implying that it wasn't. Today's class was fun. 

 Today in class we learned two new rhetorical devices. the first one we went over was metaphor and analogy.  A metaphor is when a writer s peaks to another thing as though it actually were another thing. An example of a metaphor is time is money. An analogy is when a writer m akes use of already well know to explain something less well known. An example of an analogy l ife is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you're gonna get .

 Today in class we learned about writing rhetoric analysis. In a rhetorical analysis paper you identify different rhetorical devices and identify the effectiveness of them. The different  devices to choose from are ethos,logos, and pathos. In an rhetorical analysis essays you answer the question why, how, what. We also learned how to form a thesis in a rhetorical analysis. You do this by stating  the authors name, adding an adjective, rhetorical strategies, strong verb, and function.

 Today in class we continued to go over rhetorical devices. We started with rhetorical questions. Rhetorical questions are questions where the answers are implied. An example is your girlfriend asking, "do you love me"? Next we went over Procatalepsis. Procatalepsis are making objections without asking a questions. Today's class was good, we discussed many controversial topics in the process. 

 Today in class we learned about rhetorical devices. The first one we discussed was hyperbole, which is an exaggeration. The second was understatement. An understatement is the force of a descriptive statement that is less than what one would normally expect. Third we went over litotes, which are an emphasis on a point by using a word opposite to the condition. Fourth we learned antithesis, this makes use of a contrast in language to bring out a contrast in ideals. Lastly we were introduced to hypophora which is  asking a question then proceeding to answer it.