One text you will be reading this year is one you'll either love or love to hate. It's the one major text that provides many opportunities to analyze argument as well as to analyze rhetorical strategies. Both of these skills are needed both when deciphering multiple choice questions as well as two of the essays the exam will ask you to write. You will find more at Thoreau's Cape Cod . The book, Cape Cod is described as Thoreau's "sunniest, happiest book." Possibly you'll enjoy reading if you have extra time. You will see more of Thoreau than a man who at times appears to be preaching how you should be living your life, something often found in Walden . We may read parts in class after our study of Walden . The website where this text is found also has other works by Thoreau, including an annotated presentation of Walden . The site may well be worth your perusal.
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