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    The document provides directions for completing a double entry journal. It instructs students to select quotes or observations from the assigned text and cite them using MLA style. For each quote, students must write a commentary analyzing the quote's meaning, importance, the author's style and rhetorical devices, and how it relates to the overall work. The commentary should address the quote's effect and meaning as well as the author's argument. An example double entry journal is provided analyzing two quotes from assigned texts.

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    The document provides directions for completing a double entry journal. It instructs students to select quotes or observations from the assigned text and cite them using MLA style. For each quote, students must write a commentary analyzing the quote's meaning, importance, the author's style and rhetorical devices, and how it relates to the overall work. The commentary should address the quote's effect and meaning as well as the author's argument. An example double entry journal is provided analyzing two quotes from assigned texts.

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    Double Entry Journal:how To

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    Mika
    The document provides directions for completing a double entry journal. It instructs students to select quotes or observations from the assigned text and cite them using MLA style. For each quote, students must write a commentary analyzing the quote's meaning, importance, the author's style and rhetorical devices, and how it relates to the overall work. The commentary should address the quote's effect and meaning as well as the author's argument. An example double entry journal is provided analyzing two quotes from assigned texts.

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    Name:_____________________________________Period:______Date:_______________

    DoubleEntryJournal
    Directions:Whenwritingadoubleentryjournal,youmustusetheformatandguidelines
    detailedbelow.Yourevidenceandcommentarymustconsidertheworkasawhole.

    Quotes/Observations
    (Concrete)
    Providequotesorconcrete
    observationsaboutthe
    piecethatyoufind
    importantandciteinMLA
    style(Authorpg#).

    Commentary/Conclusions(Abstract)

    Writeyourcommentaryinthissectionbyconsideringsome
    ofthefollowingquestions:
    WHATISTHEEFFECT?
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    Whatdoesthisquotationmean?
    Whyisthisimportant?
    Whatismypersonalresponse?
    Whatrhetoricaldeviceisused?
    Whatisthesignificanceoftheauthorsstyle?How
    doesitcontributetotheoverallpurpose?
    6. Howdoestheauthor/speakerusethethreeappeals
    (ethos,pathos,logos)foraspecificpurpose?

    WHATISTHEARGUMENT?
    1. Howdoesthispartrevealtheauthorsintent?
    2. Doyouagreeordisagreewiththeissue?Whyor
    Whynot?
    3. Whatareotherexamplesofthisissue?

    OTHERIDEAS
    1. Raisequestionsaboutthebeliefsandvaluesimplied
    inthetext
    2. Discussthewords,ideas,oractionsoftheauthorora
    character
    3. Tellwhatitremindsyouoffromyourown
    experiences

    Example1:(extended
    response)
    Thehistrionicsofgrieftook
    onacompetitivequality.Who
    couldweeptheloudest?Who
    wasthemostdistraught?The
    mournerswereeggedonby
    theTVnews,whichbroadcast
    hoursandhoursofpeople
    wailing,grownmenwithtears
    rollingdowntheircheeks,
    bangingtheirheadsontrees,
    sailorsbangingtheirheads
    againstthemastsoftheir
    ships,pilotsweepinginthe
    cockpit,andsoon.These
    sceneswereinterspersedwith
    footageoflightningand
    pouringrain.Itlookedlike
    Armageddon(Demick100).

    Thesereflectionshighlightthemagnitudeofthedeathofa
    NorthKoreanleaderonNorthKoreaanditspeople.If
    staged,ornot,orasomewhereinbetween(itwillneverbe
    known),Demicksdetaileddescriptionscapturethe
    enormousimpactoftheKimDynastyanditsfateonNorth
    Koreansocietythroughthedeepsorrowandrangeof
    emotionsfeltbyitsconstituents.Demickeffectivelyconveys
    thesituationinNorthKoreathroughherusageofrepeated
    questions.Thistypeofsyntax,askingquestionsuchaswho
    wasthemostdistraught,conveythecompetitivenatureof
    griefinNorthKoreathewaythatthosewhoseemedtobe
    themostnegativelyaffectedbyKimIlsungsdeath,which
    theyshowedthroughtheloudestscreamsormostvisitstoa
    monument,weredeemedthemostloyal.Theparallel
    structureusedtodescribetheNorthKoreanindividuals
    reactions,specificallyconnectingtotheirprofessionand
    location,suchasthepilotsweepinginthecockpit,also
    aidsindisplayingtheideathatnoNorthKoreanwasleftout
    fromthemisery,andthatitaffectedall.

    Example2:(abbreviated
    response)
    Toneinparagraph4:
    smokersbreath,smear,
    Takeitfromme,Me&my
    kindetc.

    Mairssblendofplaintalk,humor,andinsistencegives
    readersthefactstheyneed,winsthemoverwithcommon
    humanityandlightness,andconveysthegravityofthe
    problem.

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