Tone Essay DUE 10/16 by 2:30pm

Assignment:

Write an 800-1000 word essay which compares the tone of “The Death of a Moth” by Virginia Woolf with the piece of the same name by Annie Dillard. What is the effect of the tone on the reader? How is the tone created? Topics to be considered are:  Diction, Imagery, Details, Figurative Language, and Syntax.  Identifying, evaluating, and analyzing the connections between these parts and the overall tone is paramount.

 

The essay should be double-spaced and submitted by email to patgar1@gpsk12.org.

Please have your name as part of the file name (For example, BillThompsonTone.doc).

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/everythingsanargument4e/content/cat_020/Woolf_DeathoftheMoth.pdf

http://nabuckler.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/the-death-of-the-mothhandout.pdf

 

Important dates:

Lab time                      Thursday         10/9   Class time for drafting

Lab time                      Wednesday     10/15  Class time

Lab time /Essay Due   Thursday         10/16   (by email by 2:30 PM)