Today, I handed out a sheet entitled "Tips for Successful Responses to Questions". I then handed out the essay "Labour Day is a Dreaded Bell in the Schoolyard of the Mind". You were to read it and then answer the questions attached below (for tomorrow).
English 20-1
“Labour Day Is a Dreaded Bell in the Schoolyard of the Mind”
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following questions as FULLY as possible.
1. What is the tone of this essay?
2. Is the opening sentence appropriate for setting the tone of the essay? Explain.
3. Select three sentences from the body of the essay which are consistent in tone with the opening sentence.
4. Show how Bruce makes effective use of contrast in the fourth paragraph.
5. In what ways does the tone of the conclusion contrast with that of the introduction?
6. Select three of the author’s observations and show how they lead directly to his final comments.
7. What has Labour Day taught the author?
8. What limitations has Bruce faced that are presented in this essay?
9. Identify and describe one metaphor in this essay (what it states explicitly and what it means)
10. Identify one simile in this essay (write it down).
Further, we took out the two textbooks that we will use for this course: Fit to Print, and Viewpoints 11
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