You Ken Tan Christopher Hennessy LI 208 U.S. Multicultural Literature 26 Feb 2013 Passing: An Analysis and Close reading Nella Larsen’s Passing is a story about the tragedy of an African American woman‚ Clare Kendry‚ who tried to “pass” in the white American community. However‚ while she passes as white‚ she constantly seeks comfort from her friend Irene Redfield who is a representation of the African American community. Gradually‚ Clare has become the double image of Irene‚ due to the similarities
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The Raven: A Close Reading The entire poem including the first stanza‚ as scanned here‚ is octametre with mostly trochaic feet and some iams. The use of a longer line enables the poem to be more of a narration of the evening’s events. Also‚ it enables Poe to use internal rhymes as shown in bold. The internal rhyme occurs in the first and third lines of each stanza. As one reads the poem you begin to expect the next rhyme pushing you along. The external rhyme of the "or" sound in Lenore and nevermore
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Sample Lesson Plan – Close Reading English Close Reading “The Rider” page 61 Lesson Overview Depending on class needs‚ this close reading should take two to three days. In this two-day lesson‚ the teacher begins by having students read and annotate the selected passage individually or as part of a class oral reading. Students then work with vocabulary and story questions. On the second day‚ students re-read the passage with a partner. They check their annotations and answers. They work
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Close Reading Paper: The Turtle Catcher For this assignment I will be analyzing this portion of writing from page 138 of The Turtle Catcher by Nicole Helmet. (For reference in the paper) “I got my enlistment papers today‚” said Lars. “Where’re yours?” Herman stopped smiling. He didn’t reply. “I said‚ Where are yours?” said Lars. “I won’t be going‚” Herman said. His voice was straight and calm though his heart thudded as hard as hooves in his throat. “You hear that‚ Cal?” Lars said to the other
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Close Reading of Sonnet 116 Written by William Shakespeare 2011 “Sonnet 116” written by William Shakespeare is focusing on the strength and true power of love. Love is a feeling that sustainable to alterations‚ that take place at certain points in life‚ and love is even stronger than a breakup because separation cannot eliminate feelings. The writer makes use of metaphors expressing love as a feeling of mind not just heart as young readers may see it. To Shakespeare love is an immortal
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Close Reading In the play‚ Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ a character named Iago‚ manipulates people to get what he wants. One character that is manipulated the most by Iago is Othello. The reason why is because Othello made Cassio his lieutenant and there were rumors that Othello has been sleeping around with his wife‚ Emilia. Iago involves Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ in his plan by making it seem that Desdemona and Cassio are having a relationship. Iago convinces Othello about this relationship
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Frankenstein Close Reading This passage‚ the paragraph located at the bottom of page 138‚ and bleeds over onto page 139‚ comes from the part of the novel in which Victor Frankenstein is almost home from his ordeals in Ireland. While in Ireland‚ Victor promised to make a female companion for his Creature‚ but then throws his work into the sea‚ as he realizes that he does not actually want to create this second being because of the chaos it may cause. Enraged by this‚ the monster murdered Victor’s
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Hughes demonstrates his perspective towards his destructive relationship with Plath through The Minotaur. Violence is evident in the very opening when Plath ‘smashed’ Hughes’ ‘mother’s heirloom sideboard – Mapped with the scars of [his] whole life’. Here Hughes is expressing the damage deep inside him than the physical destruction by Plath; that he too has childhood ‘scars’. Hughes suggests that Plath’s over-reaction and violence reflects her unstable mind by the word ‘demented’ revealing his helplessness
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Questions for Close Reading (p. 435) 1. The thesis is clearly stated in the first sentence of paragraph 4: “We believe in Type A—a triumph for a notion with no particular scientific validity.” Prior to paragraph 4‚ Gleick illustrates the cultural pervasiveness of the Type A category and traces its identification to Friedman and Rosenman’s studies; these studies attempted to link heart disease to a set of personality traits clustered around the “theme of impatience” (paragraph 2). Following the
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In his blog post‚ Sean Patrick Hughes discusses his concern over the election by arguing that a Donald Trump presidency could be a significant barrier to the fight against division in our country. He begins his post by clearing articulating where his view is coming from; he is not a “safe space‚ social crusader‚” but rather identifies as “someone with conservative values” who loves God‚ his family‚ and his guns. The first paragraph is entirely dedicated to establishing ethos because he understands
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