Monday, March 29, 2010

Persuasive Speeches!

  • Finish final persuasive speeches.
  • Turn in last three speaker evaluations.

Mark Twain, "The Lowest Animal" (535).

  • Review the difference between Realists and Naturalists.
  • Read the selection.
  • Answer the following questions: (hand in)
  1. Name four ways, according to Twain, that animals are superior to humans.
  2. What specific changes in human nature does Twain hope to encourage with this satire?
  3. Find at least two examples of exaggeration in "The Lowest Animal."

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