Death Over Water: The Halloween Party By Elizabeth Rhett Woods
ANALYZING POETRY AND PROSE
WAYS TO INTRODUCE A STANDARD LITERARY RESPONSE
NOTE: Titles are either underlined or encased in quotation marks – not both!
Standard Intro:
Cite the story/poem and author/poet and reword the question. Be certain to mention the poem/story by name and perhaps the poet/author. Titles of poems/stories must be underlined or encased in quotation marks.
Throughout the poem “Death Over Water,” Elizabeth Rhett Woods effectively employs the metaphor of ice dancing to help the reader understand the relationship between the gull and eagle.
In The Halloween Party by Miriam Waddington, Mr. Luria, the father, can be described as traditional, proud and loving.
Using a quotation:
Find an appropriate quote …show more content…
This provides style, reveals your worldliness and knowledge and is probably different than most other papers.
“This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
The protagonist in William Bligh’s short story “The Lost Man” fails to understand this basic precept and becomes so confused that his values continually change to accommodate those around him.
Thematic Introductions:
If a poem or story states a clear theme (a statement about life or people), it is possible to begin your paragraph by stating the theme as a segue into the discussion.
Sometimes it is difficult for people to recognize the characteristics they despise in others in themselves. This theme is examined in Joan Smith’s poem “In Innocent Times” through the character of the mother
It can hardly be regarded as strange that a person displaced from his or her culture would eventually seek a way to relive the past. Mr. Luria of Miriam Waddington’s “The Halloween Party” begins this inevitable journey when he purchases a farm so that he will be able to get himself and his family out of the
WAYS TO INTRODUCE A STANDARD LITERARY RESPONSE
NOTE: Titles are either underlined or encased in quotation marks – not both!
Standard Intro:
Cite the story/poem and author/poet and reword the question. Be certain to mention the poem/story by name and perhaps the poet/author. Titles of poems/stories must be underlined or encased in quotation marks.
Throughout the poem “Death Over Water,” Elizabeth Rhett Woods effectively employs the metaphor of ice dancing to help the reader understand the relationship between the gull and eagle.
In The Halloween Party by Miriam Waddington, Mr. Luria, the father, can be described as traditional, proud and loving.
Using a quotation:
Find an appropriate quote …show more content…
This provides style, reveals your worldliness and knowledge and is probably different than most other papers.
“This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
The protagonist in William Bligh’s short story “The Lost Man” fails to understand this basic precept and becomes so confused that his values continually change to accommodate those around him.
Thematic Introductions:
If a poem or story states a clear theme (a statement about life or people), it is possible to begin your paragraph by stating the theme as a segue into the discussion.
Sometimes it is difficult for people to recognize the characteristics they despise in others in themselves. This theme is examined in Joan Smith’s poem “In Innocent Times” through the character of the mother
It can hardly be regarded as strange that a person displaced from his or her culture would eventually seek a way to relive the past. Mr. Luria of Miriam Waddington’s “The Halloween Party” begins this inevitable journey when he purchases a farm so that he will be able to get himself and his family out of the