Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Reading

• Adam Gopnik, “Death of a Fish” (85–95)

Notes

We’ll be talking quite a bit about Gopnik’s essay, especially with how it employs structure to its advantage.

If you haven’t seen Vertigo, we’ll have to do something about that. (Hint: it may involve a schedule change!)

In the meantime, here’s a little grammar & sentence structure exercise for your edification or entertainment. ~This other diagram, though, will probably only make your head hurt.~

You might be interested in a discussion of the exclamation mark.

In addition, I’ll be posting my grading standards before class on Thursday. Thanks for your patience!