Day Twenty-Nine / 10.18.10

Today we started with a quote from A.J. Liebling: "Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience." We talked about the difference between a critic and a cynic. A cynic is a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons. A critic is a person who judges the merits of literary, artistic, or musical work. We wrote about how can you be persuasive without being cynical.

Then we worked on a their/they're/there worksheet. We read silently, then went over the Persuasive Essay Prompt.

Essay Prompt