Emailing Teachers

Bad
yO, Docta Raymundo kLUmp
    I ain't gonna be in class yesterday. i was out late and didnt feel like goinggeting up to go to class. Can you email th elecutre I know you post on backboard.
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Good Email (based off a email I sent my Sophmore year)
Hey Dr.Klump,

    I will not be able to make it to class on Wednesday because I will be in Chicago for the programing competition you told us about. I have already turned the homework in. I will listen to the lecture as soon as you uploaded it on Blackboard. I will see you Friday.

Thanks

~Chris Pelech

Passage based free write

"My Dear Fellow Clergymen,

While confined here in the Birmingham city Jail, I came across your recent statement calling our present actives "unwise and untimely". Seldom if, ever do I pause to answer criticism of my work and idea... But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I would like to answer your stamen in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.”

I found this passage very interesting. This paragraph is obviously the beginning of the letter. I find it is interesting because although it is written as a letter it is obviously more than the conventional letter. It is rather written as a public opinion piece and is merely framed as a letter. The audience of the letter is obviously more than the apparent audience. It was meant to be read by more people than just his fellow clergymen, but rather his general audience. It actually reminds of Beowulf. Unferth is of the most interesting characters in epic literature, the concept of "an heroic fall guy" is one of my favorite ideas in Beowulf. I see parallel between the clergymen and Unferth. I may be reading to deep into this but from a literary perspective the clergymen act as jerks in order for Martin Luther King Jr. to defend his actions. Beowulf had to brag in order to get the "job" in eponymous epic. However he could not come off as cocky. Unferth acted as a jerk and lesser man in order to give Beowulf that opportunity. I feel like the clergymen needed to play a similar role creating a frame in which Martin could address how he think they should continue the fight for civil rights. So even though it seems they are villainous they are playing a role so that Martin could play the hero that was needed at he time.

Sentance Types

Simple Sentence:
 We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.

Compound Sentence:
 He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substances.

Complex Sentence:
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

Complex Compound Sentence:
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.