PROMPT: On July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence (DOI) can be compared to a break up letter because Jefferson explained why America wanted its independence from the tyrant King George III. YOU’RE Your job is to create your OWN breakup letter to King George III using the information from the DOI! Use the DOI Breakdown handout below to help you!

You must include:

Introduction (Preamble) – Prepare the King for what is about to happen
Reasons for the breakup (These must be ACTUAL REASONS the colonies wanted to separate from the British)
A conclusion – Declare you’re no longer together!
This MUST be 5-7 sentences MINIMUM
BE creative!

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.

Match each literary device to its definition. pun the use of humor and exaggeration to mock or criticize people's impractical thoughts and practices irony the use of words in a way that conveys the opposite of what they mean paradox the use of a word with more than one possible meaning with the intention of creating humor satire ideas or concepts that seem absurd or contradictory but are nevertheless true arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth

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