Transcript Mysterious Mr. Lincoln

Holt pages 330 -336
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Identify the effects of metaphors on a nonfiction article.
Clarify an understanding of texts by creating
outlines, notes, summaries
Identify an author’s perspective/point of view
on a subject
Make reasonable assertions of a text through
accurate, supporting citations
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Identify several main topics for the selection
Go back and take notes on details later
An outline is one note-taking strategy, but
specific rules are to be followed.
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Appearance
Personality
Legend versus Reality
Education
Humor and beliefs
Reputation during presidency
Position on slavery
Read with purpose! What are 3 details you could
include for each main topic?
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Roman numerals followed by a period
Align the periods
Main heading first word always capitalized
Align main heading first letters
Try to write in a parallel form (same types of
wording, phrases, etc)
Include main ideas!
What are the reasons that authors choose to
write about their non-fiction topics?
How can readers figure out what the author’s
feelings or perspectives are?
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Why did the author choose the subject?
What is the author’s point of view on it?
What is the author’s purpose for writing
about the subject?
What is the author’s perspective or feelings
on the subject?
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Look at title.
Look at “Meet the Writer” to find out about
the author’s background.
Look at key “emotion” words in intro and
conclusion.
Look at key quotes that show underlying
meaning!
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Does “Mysterious Mr. Lincoln” give the
reader any clues?
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Why is Lincoln mysterious? What is mystery?
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“The Lincoln that I grew up with was a
cardboard figure, too good to believe. As an
adult, I read a couple of books that indicated
that he like everyone else—someone subject
to depression, someone who had trouble
making up his mind—and that intrigued me.
When I decided he was a complicated person
in his own right, I decided I wanted to know
more about him” (335).
“Abraham Lincoln wasn’t the sort of man who
could lose himself in a crowd” (331).
“According to those who knew him, Lincoln was
a man of many faces” (331).
“Today, it’s hard to imagine Lincoln as he really
was” (332).
“In his own time, Lincoln was never fully
understood by even his closest friends” (333).
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“We admire Lincoln today as an American
folk hero. During the Civil War, however, he
was one of the most unpopular president the
nation has ever known. His critics called him a
tyrant, a hick, a stupid baboon unfit for his
office” (334).
“His greatest mission was to accomplish two
things: first to save his country from
dismemberment and ruin; and second, to free
his country from the great crime of
slavery…infinite wisdom has seldom sent any
man into the world better fitted for his
mission than Abraham Lincoln” (334).
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Appearance
A. Tall
B. Silk hat
C. Long, bony legs
D. Homely
E. “Poor, lean, lank face”
F. Knew he wasn’t attractive
II. Personality
A. “Man of many faces”
B. Sad and gloomy
C. Charismatic speaker
D. “Changeable features, tones, gestures and
expressions seemed to defy description”
E. Didn’t reveal much about his feelings
III. Legend versus reality
A. “a humble man of the people who rose from
a log cabin to the White House”
B. “folksy manners”
C. “bawdy jokes”
D. Ambitious
E. Earned wealth through law practice
F. Hated nickname “Abe”
G. Well-dressed
IV. Education
A. Little schooling
B. Great public speaker
C. Self-taught
V. Humor and beliefs
A. Famous for funny stories
B. Moody and depressed at times
C. Logical and practical
D. Superstitious
VI. Reputation during presidency
A. Unpopular president during Civil War
B. Opposing viewpoints of him
C. “Great Emancipator”
VII. Position of Slavery
A. First wanted to save the Union
B. Realized that it was a moral crusade
C. Frederick Douglass didn’t respect Lincoln
at first
D. Frederick Douglass changed his mind