I. The Essay
- You will have 50 minutes to respond to an essay analysis prompt. You will be given a passage to read along with a prompt to apply to the passage. In your case, there will be two passages, and you may choose which one you would like to respond to.
Background: In South Africa, countless men have died in the deep mines, extracting precious metals for the world (whether the traditional gold and diamond mines or the new tantalum mines for cell phones). They leave families and tribes to live in large work camps, often disintegrating the social fabric and stability of their home region.
In a well-developed essay, explain how Paton employs literary elements and persuasive technique to show both the misuse (implied) and proper use (described) of money. What, fundamentally, has gone wrong with society's view of money?
“For [gold] mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for. Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes and for purposes. Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born” ( Paton 204-205).
II. Multiple Choice Test
- You will have the following sections on your multiple choice test:
- Persuasion: ethos, pathos, logo (no logical fallacies)
- Poetry forms and terms
- Example forms and terms: villanelle, clerihew, limerick, imagery, blank verse, alliteration, sonnet, assonance, rhythm, rhyme, onomatopoeia, apostrophe, contrast, hyperbole, allusion, tone, pun, meter
- Suffixes: able--ity
- The final punctuators (dash, parentheses, brackets, ellipses, slash).
- Example question: Which punctuator above is best used to highlight information or cause an inserted phrase or expression to stand out?
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