Wrapping It Up--The Conclusion, Works Consulted & the Proofreading Process

Wrapping It Up--The Conclusion, Works Consulted/In Text Citations, & the Proofreading Process

Here are some links that we looked at in class if you need some more help:

The Conclusion

Another site for The Conclusion

Works Consulted & In Text Citations

The Proofreading Process

Sound Your Barbaric Yawp! (extra credit)

How's this for a good deal?

For EXTRA CREDIT, write a "song of yourself" in the style of Walt Whitman.

That's right! You get EXTRA CREDIT for bragging about yourself.
It's just this easy.

Write in first person.
Write in free verse.
Use eclectic (choosing the best from a variety of sources) words and phrases (slang, common language, foreign expressions if you dare).
Use parallel structure and repetition.
Make lists.


These are all distinctive elements of a Whitman poem.

MINIMUM OF 30 EXTENDED LINES or 200 words.

Why limit yourself? I could go on forever about myself!

The first four posts are pretty good examples from last year's sophomores.

The Story of the Bad Little Boy

Complete this in preparation for Thursday's test.

Follow this link to read The Story of the Bad Little Boy, a Mark Twain parody of a Sunday school story.

In the mid-nineteenth century, Sunday School stories were moral tales written for the little boys and girls who learned the difference between right and wrong at their local churches in Sunday School.

These stories always ended with a good dose of poetic justice. The good boys and girls were rewarded; the not-so-good boys and girls were summarily punished, learned the error of their ways, and turned out to be model boys and girls themselves.

Mark Twain pokes fun at these stories in The Story of the Bad Little Boy.

For the test, be ready to answer these questions:

What is a parody?
What details contribute to both the humor and the serious theme of The Story of the Bad Little Boy?