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Honors 8th Grade EnglishName: _________________________Banned Book Essay- Thesis and Considering the Rhetorical Situation for the Essay***Rough Draft Due February 18th******Your draft must be printed and in-hand by the time class starts or you will receive an irredeemable zero on the assignment.***You’ve read your book, you’ve read a variety of texts about what, how, and why students should read or not read certain materials, and now it is time to write the essay. This is your chance to take a stand, so make an argument, work hard, write and revise carefully, and prove that you are capable of writing a focused, persuasive essay to defend your opinion!The Essay Prompts: Choose OneShould individuals or groups be able to ban or censor books from teenagers?What types of books should students read or not read in school?How much agency should students be given over what they read or do not read in school?Is it possible for teachers to teach students how to love reading? For this essay, you must come up with an original argument that addresses the prompt and can be supported by evidence from multiple texts that you have read in this class, including your chosen banned book. Remember that making an argument goes beyond re-wording the question; you need to actually write your opinion in relation to the prompt. For example, Flannery O’Connor’s answer in response to the question of how much agency students should be given over what they read in school would not be: “Students should not be given any agency over what they read or do not read in school.” She might answer with a thesis like, “Students should under no circumstances choose what novels they read in school since they do not yet understand the concept of literary merit and have not yet cultivated mature tastes.”Brainstorm a possible argument that you want to make in response to one of the prompts above. Remember, you may need to revise this as you move forward with writing your essay: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Before Moving Forward: Consider the Rhetorical Situation1. Draw Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle to figure out the rhetorical situation for the assignment:2. What is your subject matter for this essay? What sources do you need to use, and what do you need to prove you know well?3. Who is your target audience for this essay? What do you know about your audience’s opinions, what your audience knows about your subject, and what your audience doesn’t know about your subject? What tone should you write in to persuade your audience?4. How will you communicate to your audience that you understand your subject? How will you establish your ethos? What persuasive appeals will convince your audience most persuasively (pathos or logos)? How should you balance pathos and logos to persuade your audience? Why? 5. For this essay, you must integrate evidence must from your banned book, the Neil Gaiman lecture, the Flannery O’Connor essay, the ALA’s Banned Books Week Website, and the article you read in class last Friday. You could also consider using Things Fall Apart or Ender’s Game as evidence. What ideas from these texts stand out in your memory, and how could you use these ideas as evidence to support your argument? ................
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