Monday, 11/16/15: Terrific Tempestousness Today

* Open

• Recitation Begins!
• Work on the first two vocabulary words for week 14 (see list above)
• Discursive (adj.): digressing from subject to subject; digressive; rambling
  
  
  Latin: discursus "a running about" (same root as "discourse") 
  
  
  It's interesting that Jesus often "answered and spoke to [the crowds] in parables"; what may have seemed discursive was later recognized to be subversive (Matt. 21:1).  
  
  Epigram (n.):
  
  
   
  

* Writing Notes

• 80/20 Rule
• Quotation Placement and Ratio Rules
• Weakening Words: a lot, very, much, had been so, just, really, kind of, sort of, super, 
• Thesis first?  Yes.

* Tempestous Joys!

* Check those annotations

HW: Please check for your essay years here.  Annotate the high score with at least three good notes for your improvement.  Read the others to get an idea of your place in the mix.

• Per 6-7 (2009 and 2006)
• Per 1 (2011 and 2006)
• Per 3 (2006 and 2008)