Thursday, September 1, 2011

English II: Harrison Bergeron Test Preview

Those of you who took the hint in class and "pondered question 11" have already seen tomorrow's essay prompt. For those of you who didn't, it goes something like this:
According to one critic, Vonnegut presents television as "a kind of desensitizing, numbing, and clearly thought-stifling, rather than a thought-provoking, medium" that shares some of the blame for the state of Harrison's society. In a well-developed essay, agree or disagree with this critic's claim. Support your argument with text evidence from the story as well as empirical evidence from your own life-experience.

You'll have all period to write your essay, but tonight you may want to re-read the story and outline your essay ahead of time.

You will also need to use compound sentences in your essay, so review the semicolon (meaningful sentence-style) and comma+FANBOY methods. (BTW, that was a compound sentence.)

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