This document provides the schedule and assignments for Project 4 of an English course on rhetorical style. It lists the dates for each class meeting and assignments due, including exercises on finding style in essays, a style map assignment analyzing an assigned essay's rhetorical techniques, and drafting and revising an imitative essay applying the analyzed style. The imitative essay and accompanying memo are due on Sunday, April 5th.

1. ENGL 309 | Rhetorical Style pg 1
PROJECT 4 SCHEDULE
Imitative Essay
All scaffolding work (homework assignments) is due before class on the date
due. Late assignments will lose one letter grade (or the equivalent number of
points) per day.
Unless otherwise indicated, all readings and links are on the BbLearn Project 4
page.
Date In Class Work Due
Tuesday,
3/3
Introduce Project 4: Imitative
Essay
Introductory imitation exercise
Thursday
3/5
Finding motives of style in
essays
The situation and the story
Read:
• Excerpts from Vivian Gornick, “The
Situation and the Story”
• Susan Orlean, “Lifelike”
Tuesday,
3/10
Deviation, physical/social
footing
Presentation of essays
Introduce Style Map assignment
Post:
Situation and story paragraph on the essay
you were assigned
Read:
Performing Prose, Ch. 3 and 4
Thursday,
3/12
Tropes and Schemes Read:
Performing Prose, Ch. 6 and 7
Spring Break
Tuesday,
3/24
Tropes and schemes quiz
Work on style maps
Read:
Performing Prose, Ch. 8 – 10
Study for quiz
Thursday,
3/26
Using your style map to
structure your essay
Tuesday,
3/31
Polishing the imitative essay

2. ENGL 309 | Rhetorical Style pg 2
Sentence-level imitation
exercise
Writing the memo
Thursday,
4/2
Workshop completed imitative
essays
Bring completed draft of imitative essay to
class
Sunday,
4/5
Imitative Essay and Memo due