DO NOW:

• Read/annotate p. 1 “Nonfiction Happens to Everybody” & p. 2 “Subjective and Objective Writing: The Snapshot and the Big Picture”

• Complete p. 3

Nonfiction:• “claim” to be true, but often incorporate

personal perspective• Subgenres:– Personal histories (autobios & biographies)– Personal essays– Reports

• Can have same elements as fiction (plot, conflict, characters, etc)

Subjective vs. Objective:

• Purpose is to express opinions, feelings, point of view

• Personal

• Private snapshot

• Purpose is to inform

• Unbiased (facts)

• “big picture”

Edgar Allan Poe: P. 4-5

• Macabre: disturbing and horrifying because deals with death and injury

• Rhetoric: the art of effective writing/speaking• Aesthetics: the beauty in art/writing• Erratic: unpredictable• Despaired: having lost hope

DO NOW!

• Copy HW from side board (HERO ESSAY FINAL DRAFT DUE TOMORROW!)

• Open Poe packet to p. 6.

• Answer multiple choice questions.

• When you finish, begin reading/annotating p.7-8

Post Reading Questions (p. 7-8)

1. What type of person is Poe depicted as?

Post Reading Questions (p. 7-8)

2. What makes you think he is depicted that way?

Post Reading Questions (p. 7-8) 3. Are obituaries fiction or nonfiction?

4. Are obituaries subjective or objective by definition?

5. Is this obituary subjective or objective?

6. Find evidence from the text to support your claim.

DO NOW:

• Take out your hero essay final draft.

• Open to p. 9 of your Poe Packet.

The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe

• Count off by 9.• Read your assigned possible cause of Poe’s

death.• In the corresponding box on p.13,– Title the cause of death– Summarize what you read in a sentence or a

couple bullets– Be prepared to share what you learned with the

class.

Possible Causes of Poe’s death:

1. Beating: -drunk, robbed, beaten, and left for death-brain fever followed beating

2. Cooping:-victim is kidnapped, drugged, disguised,

and forced to vote many times for particular people

Possible Causes of Poe’s death:3. Alcohol:

-had history of trouble with alcohol

4. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning:-indoor lighting was toxic with coal gas

5. Heavy Metal Poisoning:-mercury poisoning? (causes hallucinations)

Possible Causes of Poe’s death:6. Rabies:

-delirium, hallucinations, shallow breathing, & rapid pulse rate (all symptoms of rabies)

-BUT no bite mark or “fear of water” (also symptoms of rabies)

7. Brain Tumor:-found mass in Poe’s dead skull (could be tumor)

Possible Causes of Poe’s death:8. Flu:

-wife & doc both found symptoms of flu (like hallucinations)

9: Murder:-fiancee’s brothers could have killed him

because they didn’t want him to marry their sister

ClEER!

Based on all the information you have gathered about Edgar Allan Poe, use ClEER to complete ONE of the following statements:

• Edgar Allan Poe’s death was…

• Edgar Allan Poe’s life was…

Edgar Allan Poe’s death was…

Edgar Allan Poe’s life was…

ClEER Review:• Cl(aim): – This is your thesis statement. – What are you trying to prove?

• E(vidence): – Find SPECIFIC support to prove your claim from p.4-5, 7-

8, 9-12.• E(vidence):– Find SPECIFIC support to prove your claim from p.4-5, 7-

8, 9-12.• R(ealization)/R(easoning:– Explain how the support proves your claim.– What does this information reveal to you?

TONE

• The writer’s attitude or feeling toward his/her subject.

• What tone of voice is the author writing in?

• REMEMBER: writer’s attitude

Mood

• The atmosphere or emotion the writer creates for the reader.

• What is the reader’s emotional response to the writing?

• REMEMBER: reader’s feeling

Tone and mood are similar because…

Tone and mood are different because…

Tone Exercise:

• To understand how an author uses tone, you will play the role of the author by writing a quick paragraph in a specific tone.

• Randomly choose the tone you will write in from Mrs. M’s “jar of tones.”

• Paragraph topic: You are walking to the park…

Model:• Tone:

• Paragraph:

“The Tell Tale Heart” Annotations

• Page 19:– Point of view– Setting– Tone– Mood– Characterization– Conflict (external)

• Page 20:-Suspense-Personification-Imagery-Conflict

“The Tell Tale Heart” Annotations

• Page 21:– Suspense– Climax– Conflict (internal)

• Page 22:– Suspense– Conflict– Theme