2. In-class Journal 8/28/12
Tell me in at least 100 words about an incident
that revealed the true character of someone you
knew. Answer the following questions about
this experience:
• Why did the incident occur?
• What events led up to it?
• How was it resolved?
• What were its short- and long-term
outcomes?
• What is its significance now?

4. Quiz

5. 1. What is an anecdote?

6. 2. For personal essays,
writers primarily use
three strategies. Name
one of them.

7. 3. What does
“entomology” mean?

8. 4. What is a “cliché”?
Give me an example of
one.

9. E.C. Why did the
narrator consider
himself and his dog
clichés?

11. 1. What is an anecdote?

12. 1. What is an anecdote?
A brief story that enlivens* your
writing while introducing a topic
or illustrating an idea.
*to make something come “alive”

13. 2. For personal
essays, writers
primarily use three
strategies. Name one of
them.

14. 2. For personal
essays, writers
primarily use three
strategies. Name one of
them.
• Narration
• Description
• Reflection

15. 3. What does
“entomology” mean?

16. 3. What does
“entomology” mean?
The study of bugs

17. 4. What is a “cliché”?
Give me an example of
one.

18. 4. What is a “cliché”?
Give me an example of
one.

20. E.C. Why did the
narrator consider
himself and his dog
clichés?

23. Homework for Friday, 8/31/12
• Finish posting your
introduction on Blackboard
• Read pages 155-157. In your
journal answers the
questions on page 157.