On a separate piece of paper, complete the activity on p. 55 of The Language of Composition. Respond to the following questions in your journal: What effect is Churchill striving for? How does he create that effect? How does the effect serve the purpose of his speech? (2nd edition: On a separate sheet of paper, complete the activity on p. 56 of The Language of Composition. Respond to the following questions in your journal: What effect is Woolf striving for? How does she create that effect? How does the effect serve the purpose of her writing?)

Which type of text structure focuses on what makes something happen and the consequences of that action?

Which of these phrases describes the speaker’s tone? a. pedantic and cold b. dull and monotonous c. aloof and apathetic d. engaging and persuasive e. anxious and arrogant

Read the following excerpt from anne frank remembered by miep gies. i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." he turned and shut me into the room alone. i had no idea where he'd gone. i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i was in a terrible mental state. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole. which sentence from the excerpt would a prepared speaker best use to support the viewpoint that miep gies was in terrible danger? i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole.