1. Class 14
EWRT 1B

2. AGENDA
O Exam 3 terms
O Peer Revision: You must have three
copies of your essay. If you do not, you
may leave now to print or copy them.

3. Terms for Exam 3
O Gay: Someone who is primarily or exclusively attracted to
members of the same sex. In certain contexts, this term is
used to refer only to those who identify as men.
O Heterosexual Privilege: Being able to kiss or hug your
partner in public without threat or punishment; adopting or
foster-parenting children; dating the person of your desire
during your teen years; receiving validation from your
religious community; receiving social acceptance.
O Homophobia: The irrational hatred and fear of lesbian and
gay people that is produced by institutionalized biases in a
society or culture.
O Institutional Oppression: Policies, laws, rules, norms and
customs enacted by organizations and social institutions
that disadvantage some social groups and advantage other
social groups. These institutions include religion,
government, education, law, the media, and health care
system.

4. • Intersex: An anatomical variation from typical understandings of
male and female genetics. The physical manifestation, at birth, of
genetic or endocrinological differences from the cultural norm. Also,
a group of medical conditions that challenge standard sex
designations, proving that sex, like gender, is a social construct. At
least one in 2,000 children is born with some degree of ambiguity
regarding their primary and/or secondary sex characteristics. In
these cases, medical personnel cannot easily label the child “boy”
or “girl.” Most of these children receive cosmetic surgery so that the
child’s genitalia conform to societal and familial expectations of
“normalcy,” even thought such surgeries are not medically
necessary and can damage the child’s reproductive organs. The
number of children born with some degree of intersexuality is
difficult to estimate. Intersex and transgender people share some
overlapping experiences and perspectives, but the terms are not
synonymous, and the issues are not the same. Though intersexed
people are opposed to the word “hermaphrodite” because it is
misleading and stigmatizing, it continues to be widely used in the
medical profession.

5. • Male Privilege: Benefiting from the higher status of men and
attributes associated with men and masculinity within the larger
culture.
• Multiple Identities: The concept that a person’s identity does
not rest solely on one factor (e.g., sexual orientation, race,
gender, etc.). Therefore, no single element of one’s identity is
necessarily dominant, although certain identities can take
precedence over others at certain times.
• Dialect: the language of a particular district, class, or group of
persons. It encompasses the sounds, grammar, and diction
employed by a specific people as distinguished from other
persons either geographically or socially. Dialect, as a major
technique of characterization, is the use by persons in a
narrative of distinct varieties of language to indicate a person’s
social or geographical status, and is used by authors to give an
illusion of reality to fictional characters. It is sometimes used to
differentiate between characters.

6. • Euphemism: the use of an indirect, mild, delicate, inoffensive, or
vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, sordid, or
otherwise unpleasant, offensive, or blunt.
• Hyperbole: obvious and deliberate exaggeration or an extravagant
statement. It is a figure of speech not intended to be taken literally
since it is exaggeration for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbole is a
common poetic and dramatic device.
• Imagery: the forming of mental images, figures, or likenesses of
things. It is also the use of language to represent actions, persons,
objects, and ideas descriptively. This means encompassing the
senses also, rather than just forming a mental picture.
• Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied
to a person, idea, or object to which it is not literally applicable. It
is an implied analogy or unstated comparison which imaginatively
identifies one thing with another.

7. Terms Exam 3
O Day: June 4.
O Format: matching, fill in the blank, multiple
choice, and definition writing.
O Number 25 to get 25.

8. Essay 3: Peer Revision Day
Groups of three are best.

9. 1. Read for a first Impression
a. Each participant in the group will
read his or her essay aloud.
b. Follow along with the reader, briefly
noting paragraphs that are
particularly convincing as well as
any that seem unclear or
unsupported.
c. Write a one-sentence summary of
the essay’s thesis.

10. 2. Evaluate the thesis statement and how
well it forecasts the argument.
a. Find the thesis statement, and highlight or
underline its key terms. (if you cannot find
the thesis statement, let the writer know).
b. Evaluate the thesis statement
c. Skim the essay again, highlighting or
underlining each key term as it is brought
up.

11. 3. Indicate whether each reason is well supported
a. Look closely at the sections where the
reasons are developed. Note whether
each reason is supported adequately with
textual evidence such as quotations,
paraphrases, or summaries.

12. 4. Evaluate the Argument as a Chain of Reasons
a. Summarize briefly for the writer your
understanding of how the reasons
work together to argue for the thesis.
b. Note where logical connections linking
the chain of reasons could be added,
strengthened, or made more explicit.

13. 5. Suggest how the organization could be
improved.
a. Consider the overall plan, perhaps by
making a scratch outline. Note any
places where the argument is hard to
follow or where transitions are missing or
do not work well.

14. 6. Give the writer your final thoughts
a. What is the draft’s strongest part?
b. What part is in need of further
work?
c. Put your name near your
comments.

15. Essay #3 Due at our next
meeting
O Readers: when you finish, return the draft
and the completed form to the writer.
O Writers: read the comments and revise
your essay accordingly.
O When you turn in your final draft, please
include the copies of the drafts and the
feedback given to you by members of your
group.

16. Homework
O Writing: Revise Essay 3
O Studying: Vocab/terms for Exam
O Reading: Hwang's M Butterfly
O Prepare: Essay #3 to turn in at our next
meeting.