Summer Reading 6th grade Student Name: ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Anaiza Pérez_________________ Book Title and Author: The City of Ember; Jeanne DuPrau__________________ Number of Pages: 288_______ Entry Chapter Textual Evidence (Copy statements from the book in quotations and identify the Active Reading Strategy that was used). Analysis / Question / Opinion (Here is where you will include references to Literary Terms‚ if there is any) 1. Chapter 1 “Young people of the highest class.”
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In the short story‚ “The Story of An Hour”‚ Kate Chopin conveys the truth‚ the thoughts about freedom and new opportunities can take over someone’s mind with many positives‚ but society will try to intervene with these thoughts of freedom. The author shows this when Louise whispers and thinks about being free through repetition‚ Josephine trying to talk Louise out of her thoughts of freedom saying she is thinking mad as well as Louise seeing her husband again‚ which ends her thoughts about freedom
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Frustration’s Armored Aroma Skunk Hour by Robert Lowell and The Armadillo by Elizabeth Bishop are two closely related poems. Both share the theme of an animal carrying with it natural defenses‚ and the image of an isolated spectator. However‚ there is one important contrast between these poems: The Armadillo portrays a creature who cannot comprehend the events destroying the life about it‚ whereas the speaker in Skunk Hour understands‚ possibly too well‚ the events affecting its life
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The author uses many literary elements in the short story. Some are personification‚ imagery‚ and similes. Personification is stated in the line that follows: "she was young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines bespoke repression‚" This element shows how strongly she is in repression. It makes the reader actually feel how depressing her life with her husband was. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. "The delicious breath
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The Story of An Hour: Irony In Kate Chopin’s short story "The Story of an Hour‚" there is much irony. The first irony detected is in the way that Louise reacts to the news of the death of her husband‚ Brently Mallard. Before Louise’s reaction is revealed‚ Chopin alludes to how the widow feels by describing the world according to her perception of it after the "horrible" news. Louise is said to "not hear the story as many women have heard the same." Rather‚ she accepts it and goes to her room
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The Story of an Hour: Discuss three examples AND kinds irony used in “The Story of an Hour.” Make sure to have one example of verbal irony‚ one of situational irony‚ and one of dramatic irony. One example of verbal irony in “A Story of an Hour” is the last sentence in the story which says “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of joy that kills” (DiYanni 41) This is verbal irony because it is written that she died of too much happiness to see her husband‚ whom she thought
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Freedom is one of the most cherished of human desires. It is‚ unfortunately‚ denied to many people‚ especially to women‚ it is denied under different pretexts‚ including “protection”‚ “possessions” and even “love”. The short story “The Story of an Hour” was written by the author Kate Chopin during a period when women were considered as no more than mere possessions of their husbands and “women’s liberation’ didn’t even exist as a word. The story represents a negative view of marriage by presenting
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Rush Hour A Reflection: On Analysis of Algorithms Giancarlo Ferrer 11301465 Submitted to: Ms. Tess There was this guy who was always keen about his trip on the Manila Light Rail Transit System [LRT]. As the train passes by‚ he would take note of some variables; time‚ train operator‚ train number‚ model‚ etc. Even though there exists an unprecedented problem when it comes to passenger volume in the LRT‚ he made sure that he would always end up having a seat or getting in the earliest possible
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In Kate Chopin’s story of an hour‚ many questions arose in one’s mind. The controversial plot and twist did much for the reader’s imagination. “Chopin’s story was controversial from the beginning. It was rejected for publication by both Vogue and Century magazines as "a threat to family and home.” (Line 4-5). Only after her next successful work was published did Vogue publish the story. Having a big name magazine company reject her literary work because it was looked upon as threatful shows just
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Heart trouble How might heart trouble be more than a physical ailment? Note that this is the first thing we are told about her and how other people respond to her. Evidently this is--at least for those around her--an important part of who she is. Who took care? Why is this written in the passive voice‚ with a "hidden" subject? What does this construction suggest about Mrs. Mallard’s customary environment? Veiled hints Why is she tantalizing her with hints? Is this alerting us that there may
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