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EWRT 2: Class 4

Agenda QHQ: A Game of Thrones

Analytic Authority Picks

Introduce Essay #1

Rhetorical Strategies: Analogy

Introduction to Vocab List #3

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What do you think?

Why haven’t the Lannisters killed King Robert yet?

Is Tyrion fit to be a king?

Who is the actual owner of the dagger? Does it belong Imp or someone else?

Q: Daenerys’s first taste of freedom is building her confidence. Will the commands to her army ever bring her trouble?

It is known that all of the dragons are dead and have been for hundreds of years, so why do Dany’s dreams and thoughts seem to imply the age of dragons is not dead?

Q: Should Khal Drogo help Viserys to win the throne?

Viserys is cruel and impatient, and he uses Daenerys’ life as a pawn to get what he wants for himself. Why does Daenerys blindly follow her brother’s orders?

Targaryen Family

Stark Family Why didn’t Sansa help

Arya and/or Joffrey as they were fighting? Who else’s life would Sansa put in danger in order to protect her spot for her future throne?

Q: What does is the significance of the crow in Bran’s dream saying “every flight begins with a fall” (162)?

Q: What happened between Ned and his mistress to make him loathe discussing her so?

Q: Was it right for Ned to kill Lady?

Q: Why was Ned reluctant to take the position as the Hand?

Will Jon snow find some sense of purpose or pride in his new family?

Q. Why did Jon choose to stand up for Sam?

Q: Why does Petyr Baelish have such a strong love (that borders obsession) for Catelyn Stark? Is his obsession extending to Sansa because she and Catelyn look alike? He is a dangerous man, is this good or bad for Sansa and Catelyn? How will the tournament affect the relationship between Eddard and Robert?

QHQ, After the tournament, why does Sandor Clegane, the Hound, tell Sansa the story of how he came to be burned?

Q: What does Jon Arryn mean when he says “The seed is strong”?

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Time to

Choose

Who will you choose?

There are more than 40 characters to choose from, including both major characters, like Jaime Lannister and minor characters like Samwell Tarley and Sandor Clegane

There are two selections for each of the eight chapter characters (Eddard, Catelyn, Daenerys, Tyrion, Jon, Bran, Sansa and Arya)

There are advantages and disadvantages to each character. Remember that your first essay will be an argumentative analysis of your character.

There are character lists on the tables in front. They are organized by family, castle, or country.

I will call you up in order of your score. In the case of ties, you will choose in reverse alphabetical order.

When your turn comes, write your name next to the character you have chosen.

Tell me who you have chosen, so I can mark him or her off of a list that will show on the overhead.

Keep in mind who you want as we move through the process, so when it is your turn, you can choose quickly.

Please, keep on eye on which characters are still on the table so that you are ready to sign-up for yours. Please keep the noise down while people are choosing.

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Let’s Choose Characters! Who will you be??

Introduce Essay #1

Essay #1 The Character Analysis

Write a 3-5-page character analysis essay.

To analyze a character, you must find out what makes him or her “tick” by looking at social, behavioral, physical, and mental or emotional traits. You also must examine how the author presents those traits through actions, words, thoughts, looks, and reactions. Select a character and write an essay answering one of the following questions about him or her.

TOPIC 1: Not all supporting characters play an integral role in a story; however, sometimes a minor character is so important to the novel that the theme, plot, protagonist, or antagonist would be greatly changed if that character did not exist. From A Game of Thrones, analyze a minor character that plays a significant role. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character and explain why he or she is a significant character in the work. Be sure to use specific examples and quotations to support your claims.

TOPIC 2: A dynamic character is one who changes or grows emotionally or psychologically from the beginning of the novel until end. Many novels have multiple dynamic characters. Choose one character from A Game of Thrones and write a well-developed essay in which you prove that he or she is a dynamic character. Be sure to use specific examples and quotations to support your claims.

TOPIC 3: Often a character reflects the culture of the country in which he lives, that is, he or she exemplifies the skills, arts, values, beliefs, and ideals that of a certain people or country. From A Game of Thrones, choose a character that embodies the culture of the people he or she represents. In a well-developed essay, define the culture of one character and show how that character illustrates that culture.

TOPIC 4: Analyze a character that reveals his or her personality, ethics, morals, and nature through the challenges he or she faces. Think about the different types of conflict that exist. Conflict can be external, such as person versus person, person versus nature, or person versus society. Conflict can also be internal, for example, person versus self. How does your chosen character experience conflict during the novel? Keep in mind how conflict causes a character to change throughout the course of the story.

TOPIC 5: Aristotle's ideas about tragedy were recorded in his book of literary theory titled Poetics. In it, he has a great deal to say about the structure, purpose, and intended effect of tragedy.  His ideas have been adopted, disputed, expanded, and discussed for several centuries now. In a well-written essay, analyze a character from Game of Thrones, arguing for or against his or her status as a “tragic hero.”

One Step at a Time Let’s just start by describing our

characters. Using analogies will help the reader see what you mean.

An analogy is reasoning or explaining from parallel cases. In other words, an analogy is a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity.

Analogy: A Rhetorical Strategy

An analogy is a kind of comparison that explains the unknown in terms of the known, the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar.

A good analogy can help your readers understand a complicated subject or view a common experience in a new way. Analogies can be used with other methods of development to explain a process, define a concept, narrate an event, or describe a person or place.

Analogy isn't a single form of writing. Rather, it's a tool for thinking about a subject/

Despite similarities, an analogy is not the same as a metaphor. According to The Elements of Figurative Language (Longman, 2002), the analogy "is a figure of language that expresses a set of like relationships among two sets of terms. In essence, the analogy does not claim total identification, which is the property of the metaphor. It claims a similarity of relationships."

While analogy and simile are both comparisons of two seemingly unrelated things, they are not the same. A simile is a figure of speech, while an analogy is a type of argument. Generally, an analogy is more complex than a simile.

A simile is usually structured in one of two ways. The figure of speech can use the word "like" to compare two items. An example using "like" is, "Her hair shone like the sun." Hair and the sun usually are not considered the same, but the simile describes them as shining in a similar manner. An example of a simile using "as" is, "His teeth were as white as clouds." In that simile, the man's teeth are compared to the color of clouds.

Analogies are used to make a connection between two objects or ideas to better explain the first object. For example, a short type of analogy is, "Coffee is to caffeine as beer is to alcohol." Coffee and beer are both beverages, and caffeine and alcohol are the drugs they contain. In some instances, it may be difficult to determine the connection between the two items.

Analogies help people understand complicated ideas quickly

1. Computer Resources (CPU, RAM, Hard Drive)A computer is like a kitchen at a restaurant.

The computer's processor is like a chef, who works to prepare the food. The faster the chef, the faster food is ready. A dual-core processor is like having a kitchen with two chefs, so two things can be prepared at the same time.

The computer's RAM is like counter-top space. Everything in RAM is easy for the processor to get at, so if you have a lot of counter space, the chef can work on preparing more things at once. If you don't have enough counter space, the chef can't work on as many things. Some programs use a lot of RAM, just like some recipes call for a lot of ingredients, so it is harder to fit more stuff on the counter.

The computer's hard drive is like the cupboards and refrigerator. These things hold the ingredients until the chef needs them. If space runs out, then the old ingredients need to be thrown out to make room for new ones.

You, the computer user, are then the customer who is ordering things from the kitchen. If the chef is slow, or their isn't enough counter-top space, it's going to longer for things to get done, especially if you are ordering a lot of things at once.

Jaime’s sword is Tyrion’s book.

Asking Joffrey to run the kingdom is like asking a kindergartener to balance your checkbook.

Expecting Cersei to be honorable is like expecting the direwolves to play nicely with kittens.

Knowledge to Tyrion Lannister is what food is for a child; it is necessary for survival and imperative for growth. Tyrion, oft in a struggle for survival and stunted at a short stature, is always starving for knowledge and feasting whenever possible.

Examples of Analogies

In-class writing: Use analogy to describe or explain your character.

Eddard relying on Petyr Baelish is like a seamstress using a pair of sticky old scissors; the tool seems to have a mind of its own.

The Iron Throne is a reflected blue sky: Littlefinger is the glass window, and Eddard Stark is the dead crow in the windowsill. A tragedy of illusion.

Study the words for the test in class 7

Homework Read A Game of Thrones through 400

Post #6 In-class writing: analogy

Post #7 Describe your character; include page numbers •What does your character look like? Include, for example, hair, eyes, height, weight, build, or other physical characteristics.• Now choose one aspect of the character’s appearance, a detail (bitten nails, frizzy hair, a scar) and elaborate on it.• Write a short scene in which your character is looking in the mirror or write a short scene in which another character first sees your character.

Study Vocabulary: Exam class Seven