2. In-class Journal 8/28/12
Tell me in at least 100 words about 2. 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.