Day 10
W-Th Feb. 16-17
Share details from “Mazie” and “The Man Who Eats”
Share aphorisms
Homework
➤ Essay 3 (Character in Context) due next class!
Upload your essay to SharePoint.
➤ more work with aphorisms
Please do the following:
Part 1: Pick three aphorisms written by any of your classmates in the folder “10-Three new aphorisms” (they can be from different students; doesn’t have to be the same person) and improve them in the way I showed you in class: make them more concise, make it sound better, make the logic of its metaphors clearer and more rigorous.
Part 2: For the person you’re writing about for your character essay, write at least three original aphorisms (again, not proverbs—these should be aphorisms that haven’t been said before, except perhaps by that person) that capture this person’s worldview or value system.
Make at least one of these aphorisms contain the word for an object that your character is very familiar with or uses a lot or is important to them for some reason.
Also, make at least one of these aphorisms contain the name of a place that is very important to your character or in which your character spends a lot time / is very familiar with.
Upload a Word document with your three improved aphorisms and your three new aphorisms for you character (for a total of six aphorisms) to the folder on SharePoint called “12-More aphorisms.”
➤ Don’t forget:
Next class we’ll continue sharing examples of the following from “Mazie” and “The Man Who Eats:”
Physical description of a character’s appearance
A list of concrete objects
An anecdote about a character (something they once did)
A description of a character’s habits (something they always or often do or did)
An aphorism / statement of that character’s worldview and values
Something another character says about that character
A description of the character acting in a scene (physical action)
Quotation or dialogue that captures a character’s voice
