Do Now | Turn and Talk
Every other person in the class will receive a rhetorical strategy we have discussed while reading Part I of A Small Place. Turn and talk to the person you. Recall the definition of the rhetorical strategy. Discuss one way Kincaid has used the rhetorical strategy thus far in the novel.
Rhetorical Strategies
Jeremiad Define the term Jeremiad in your own words based on the following definition: "A jeremiad is, by its most basic definition, a long literary work criticizing and lamenting the flaws of society. In A Small Place, Kincaid draws from the long history of the American jeremiad — so much so that Salman Rushdie described the novel as “a jeremiad of great clarity and force that one might have called torrential were the language not so finely controlled.” The Jeremiad is a form which first originated among 17th century New England Puritans. The Puritans believed they had been called by God to flee a corrupt Anglo Church in England and to start their own “beacon on the hill” in the New World. According to historian David Howard Pitney, “the American jeremiad arose as a form of ritualistic complaint and self- reproach because of the apparent failure of Puritan society to fulfill its task of self-perfection and world redemption” (482). Jeremiads were named after the biblical prophet Jeremiah and were characterized by a “long list of perceived social ills, denounc[ing] people for their sins and misconduct, and warn[ings] of worse tribulations and divine punishments to come if they did not quickly repent and observe their social covenant” (482). The traditional jeremiad was composed of three parts: citing of God’s promise, lamenting the current moral decline of society, and prophesying the promise’s imminent fulfillment" (Great World Text). Analysis | David Walker's Appeal
Do Now | Maps of Antigua
Analysis | Part I, A Small Place Pull out your rhetorical strategies quick guide. Today we will be introduced to the novel by reading the first couple of pages together. While reading consider the following questions for discussion:
Exit Slip | Cyberjournal I Used to Think....Now I Think Add one last paragraph to your cyberjournal from yesterday. Consider the start of the novel compared to your original thoughts on tourism.
Do Now | Group Discussion
Do Next | Rhetorical Strategies Posters
Rhetoric is the use of language to persuade an audience to understand the writer's perspective in nonfiction text. There are several rhetorical strategies we will analyze when reading A Small Place this unit. Today, you will each receive one rhetorical strategy to present to the rest of the class. To develop an understanding of this strategies do some quick research: define the strategy in our own words, construct a symbol you think represents the strategy, and explain your symbol in writing. Then create a mini-poster to hang on the wall for us to reference during this unit. Include the name of the strategy, the definition of the strategy and your symbol. Also be sure to leave space for us to record examples from A Small Place.
Presentations | Present your poster to the rest of the class. As each person is presenting, copy their definition of the rhetorical strategy into your notes. Parts, People, Interact | Maps of Antigua
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éPortfolio Submission FormCourse DescriptionA Small Place is an interdisciplinary course inspired by the controversial nonfiction novel, A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid, about Antigua—the lasting effects of British colonialism, criticism of the tourist industry and corruption of Antiguan government. Throughout this course, Étudians will research and analyze a wide variety of multimedia texts about Antigua, Sheboygan, and Native American history in Wisconsin; focused on the themes of tourist and native, colonialism and gentrification, and the cultural importance of movement.
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