American Literature             Student Declaration 

This is a persuasive document to persuade faculty and administration to 
listen and take action in regards to your complaints. Your declaration must 
be in format similar to the Declaration of Independence and follow 
persuasive technique. 

Content Requirements:  You must include the following content requirements 
and underline them in your declaration: 


   * Repetition: repeating a word/concept a minimum of three times in 
     your declaration. 5 
   * Parallelism: repeating phrasing that must be used at least on time 
     in your document. 5 
   * Rhetorical question: you must have a minimum of one. 5 
   * Two of the three appeals: logical, emotional, ethical. 10 
   * Elevated language: your document should have at least three 
     elevated words. 5 
   * You must also have at least three complaints that you discuss. 
   * Have a conclusion that summarizes with a call to action (use the 
     format box on page 260). Format is 20 points. 

Typing Requirements:  This document must be typed and you can receive 5 extra 
credit points for aging the document. 

CP requirements:  You must follow the requirements listed and use the 
following: 

  * An allusion: your allusion can be historical, biblical, from 
     literature, or a current event. 10 
   * Two forms of figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and 
     personification. 10 
   * An example of connotation and denotation: the literal meaning and 
     the extended or emotional meaning to a word. 10 


The due date for the student declaration is Nov. 15 with possibly a short 
presentation.