1. Adept Possible definitions: A. B. a person who is skilled or proficient at something C. D. "Your friend performs delightfully…and I doubt not that you are an adept in the science yourself, Mr. Darcy."

2. Prideful and Prejudiced

3. Prideful But Not Prejudiced

4. Not Prideful but Prejudiced

5. Not Prideful and Not Prejudiced

6. The Grid - Characterization 1.Jane 2.Elizabeth 3.Bingley 4.Darcy 5.Mrs. Bennet

7. An excerpt from Jeffrey Eugenides: Well, the way you pretend to be blind is you just, sort of, stumble around a lot. But the thing is, this blind man down in Bermuda, he never stumbles. He stands up really straight and he knows where everything is. And his ears are always focusing in on stuff. I turned my face away. See, you're mad! I'm not. You are. I'm being blind, I said. I'm looking at you with my ear. Oh. That's good. Yeah, like that. That's really good. How can we change the formatting to make sense as dialogue? What is wrong with the format of this excerpt?

8. Reading Comprehension Strategies for Dialogue 1.Look at the direct clues to identify a speaker like he said, she said, I, you, names, etc. 2.Identify how many speakers there are and match specific statements with a specific speaker 3.Look at the tone and voice of different speakers and match specific statements with those characters 4.Make notes on the text to help yourself remember who is speaking.

9. Cheerios Commercial The purpose of this commercial is to sell more Cheerios by convincing people they are healthy. The hidden agenda of this commercial is to promote the idea of an American multi-racial family. General Mills Vice President of Marketing Interview

10. Personal Agendas in Writing Often writers will include their own personal agendas in their writing – that is, they include their own motives or intentions through messages embedded within the story. It can be the main focus of their writing, or the agenda can be hidden or disguised in some way within the writing. Listen while I read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. As I read, use your sticky note to write down ideas of what you think Dr. Seuss’ personal agenda might be.

11. A writer’s personal agenda(s) can be seen through: Characters traits Character actions Dialogue Narration Mood Tone Theme Purpose Personal agendas can be present in fiction and non-fiction writing as well as in life.

12. Examples:Non Examples: 1.To support or oppose…1. Love 2.To examine…2. To be or not to be, that is the question. 3. To define…3. Life is not fair. 4. To share a particular 4. Slow and steady wins the message… race. 5. To share an experience…5. Every story is told at a certain pace with some variations in speed.