Gents: Today in class, we did the following:
For homework:
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- I collected proposals.
- Microscopic skills #4 on JKF's inaugural address and zeugma.
- We continued our review of JFK's Inaugural Address and the microscopic skills.
- After a break, we reviewed visuals and rhetoric, specifically OPTIC, a way to analyze visuals.
- Then, y'all analyzed visuals individually (editorial cartoons, photographs, advertisements) and shared your OPTIC analyses with class. Visuals are here (Word)
For homework:
- Re-read and annotate Chomsky's myths 12 & 13 about language and assimilation.
- On your blog, write an OPTIC analysis of the visual you were given in class. You should review each part of the OPTIC metric, demonstrating what "argument" the creator / photographer makes in the visual in respect to the time period / context. Be sure to attach the photograph (which you can find in the Word document above).
If you have any questions, please let me know.