I forgot to mention in class today that I was reading an article about Susan Sontag and her life and death. She died in 2010. She is referred to as an aesthete and "the Dark Lady of American intellectual life." An aesthete is defined as one who is particularly sensitive to beauty and art; if you read the article, you will get a glimpse into the pursuits of one of the American intellectual elite referred to in the Sontag article from the New Yorker. Interestingly, she had a long-term relationship with famous photographer Annie Leibovitz, who has taken amazing photos of many famous people including actors, actresses, politicians, and musicians. If you read the article on Sontag, tell me in class on Tuesday!
OK, enough academia for today. In class you handed in your assignments on the Einstein letter; we read How to Teach a Child to Argue, with some good personification of ethos, pathos, and logos; we read the handout on visual rhetoric, and reviewed Joliffe's Framework for Rhetorical Analysis; I gave out the list of terms for AP; and finally, I asked you to please read up to page 26, and take notes on methods of development.
The aim here is to prepare you for several upcoming analysis assignments. Oh the fun is just beginning! I can feel the excitement already!
Have a great weekend -I am hosting a Hawaiian party for 9 little girls. Must go try on my grass skirt and practice the Hula.
See you Tuesday!
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