Liz Jones-Dilworth: Rhetoric & English Classes

January 23: Similes and Metaphors, pages 4-10

January 25: Rhetorical Figures, Parts 1 & 2, pages 11-18. Write two 4-line examples of the rhetorical figures you are assigned (listed under "Assignments" on this website).

January 30: Forms, pages 19-31

February 1: Meter, pages 32-40

February 6: Meter worksheet due; Poem Due; in-class peer review

February 8: Meter identification worksheet due

February 13: Review for exam. Write an iambic couplet, an anapestic couplet, and a mixed couplet.

February 15: Exam

February 20: Poems About Writing

February 22: No Class

February 27: Poems by Gertrude Stein

March 1: Poems About the Spiritual World; Poems by Emily Dickinson

March 6: Poems by Emily Dickinson; Poems by W. B. Yeats

March 8: Poems about Love & Sex

March 20: Poems by Frank O'Hara; paper topics handed out

March 22: Poems by Anne Carson; sign up for conference times

March 27: topic proposal due by e-mail; Poems about Pain

March 29: Poems About Nation; begin observing poetry in the world; list of events handed out for Audience Response Paper

April 3: No Class--Writing Conferences

April 5: Paper Due; Peer Reviews

April 10: An Occasional Poem

April 12: Poems About Class

April 17: Poems about Black & White

April 19: Poetry in the World. Poem 2 Due.

April 24: Topic proposal for Paper 2 due by e-mail before class. No reading assignment. Movie Slam Planet: War of the Words.

April 26: Continue movie; discuss poetry performance & competition; evaluations

May 1: course wrap-up

May 3: NO CLASS. Paper due in e-mail form by 11AM.