- Please read the word count post below.
* Work on J14. If you finish the two forms, please practice the limerick and clerihew.
HW: J14 (one triolet and one villanelle)
Monday, 3/31/14
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* Work on J14. If you finish the two forms, please practice the limerick and clerihew.
HW: J14 (one triolet and one villanelle)
* Work on J14. If you finish the two forms, please practice the limerick and clerihew.
HW: J14 (one triolet and one villanelle)
Sample Notes for a Blake Essay
William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" Poems (1789, 1794)
I. Sample Introduction:
Both poems by William Blake reflect on the unfortunate lives of young boys who are forced to work as chimney sweepers (what the poems have in common). Yet their (diction, imagery, point of view, tone) point of view and tone are quite different. Whereas in the first poem, Blake (employs, projects, uses, develops, creates, illustrates, reveals) employs a speaker who is the innocent young chimney sweeper, producing a tone of naivete, in the second poem he (employs, projects, uses, develops, creates, illustrates, reveals) reveals the speaker to be a knowing adult who perceives the hypocrisy in society's abuse of the their own sons, producing a cynical tone.
II. Sample Body Thought and Development
III. Exercise in assertion, evidence, and analysis
IV. Read the first three example Blake essays (scoring 8, 6, and 4)
I. Sample Introduction:
Both poems by William Blake reflect on the unfortunate lives of young boys who are forced to work as chimney sweepers (what the poems have in common). Yet their (diction, imagery, point of view, tone) point of view and tone are quite different. Whereas in the first poem, Blake (employs, projects, uses, develops, creates, illustrates, reveals) employs a speaker who is the innocent young chimney sweeper, producing a tone of naivete, in the second poem he (employs, projects, uses, develops, creates, illustrates, reveals) reveals the speaker to be a knowing adult who perceives the hypocrisy in society's abuse of the their own sons, producing a cynical tone.
II. Sample Body Thought and Development
III. Exercise in assertion, evidence, and analysis
- What is this paragraph lacking?
IV. Read the first three example Blake essays (scoring 8, 6, and 4)
AP Essay Word Count: Shoot for 800 words in 40 minutes (roughly 3.5 pages)
More words do not necessarily earn an essay a higher score, but fewer words will usually earn a lower score (as you cannot adequately develop your idea).
Here are some guidelines. A word count less than or equal to
Here are some guidelines. A word count less than or equal to
- 200 words will usually not score higher than a 3.
- 400 words will usually not score higher than a 5.
- 550 words will usually not score higher than a 7.
- 750 words will usually not score higher than a 8.
- 800 words will usually not score higher than a 9.
- The most a student usually writes is 1,100 words on one essay.
- You should shoot for 800 words...really landing in the 700's somewhere. For most of you, that's three full pages.
- I have seen one essay of 450 words that earned an 8...but that was Neo from The Matrix...and he offered a bribe.
Bastille: "Weight of Living, Part 1"
"Weight of Living, Part 1"
There's an albatross around your neck:
All the things you've said,
And the things you've done.
Can you carry it with no regrets?
Can you stand the person you've become?
Ooh, there's a light. [2x]
[CHORUS]
Your albatross, let it go, let it go.
Your albatross, shoot it down, shoot it down.
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living.
Stepping forward out into the day:
Shrugging off the dust and memory
Though it's soaring still above your head;
It is out of sight and none shall see.
Oooh, there's a light. [2x]
[CHORUS]
Your albatross, let it go, let it go.
Your albatross, shoot it down, shoot it down.
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living.
When you just can't seem to shake
The weight of living.
It's the sun in your eyes, in your eyes. [4x]
[CHORUS]
Your albatross, let it go, let it go.
Your albatross, shoot it down, shoot it down.
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living.
When you just can't seem to shake
The weight of living.
The weight of living. [4x]
There's an albatross around your neck:
All the things you've said,
And the things you've done.
Can you carry it with no regrets?
Can you stand the person you've become?
Ooh, there's a light. [2x]
[CHORUS]
Your albatross, let it go, let it go.
Your albatross, shoot it down, shoot it down.
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living.
Stepping forward out into the day:
Shrugging off the dust and memory
Though it's soaring still above your head;
It is out of sight and none shall see.
Oooh, there's a light. [2x]
[CHORUS]
Your albatross, let it go, let it go.
Your albatross, shoot it down, shoot it down.
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living.
When you just can't seem to shake
The weight of living.
It's the sun in your eyes, in your eyes. [4x]
[CHORUS]
Your albatross, let it go, let it go.
Your albatross, shoot it down, shoot it down.
When you just can't shake
The heavy weight of living.
When you just can't seem to shake
The weight of living.
The weight of living. [4x]
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