Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Precis & Creative Barry Piece

We have read Dave Barry's "The Ugly Truth about Beauty" for examples, identified techniques and their effects. Now we are writing a precis on the essay. See the attached guide.
Creative Barry Piece: You now have the opportunity to respond to Barry or write on another topic of choice, using his style of exaggeration and sarcasm. See the slides below for details. 1 - 2 pages due Tuesday.

HW: Read Flying the Partisan Skies (we will eventually write a precis on this as well.