English 1 Date: _____________ Mango Street—Double Entry Journal (DEJ) Period: ____ Overview: A DEJ is a way to closely read passages from a text, to discover what individual words and sentences reveal about characters, conflicts, themes, etc. In the future, you will be selecting your own “strong lines” and meaningful passages to comment on, but for this first effort three have been chosen for you. Each passage shows something about Esperanza, her relationship to someone else in the neighborhood, and/or her opinion about a particular social issue. Directions: As you read each passage, you have five tasks: First, identify who is speaking or narrating. Second, explain what the context or situation is—that is, who is involved, where s/he is, at what time, and what is going on, etc., Third, explain what the quotation means and how it is significant to the novel.
You will be required to respond to at least 3 quotations for each chapter in the novel. You may comment on the characters, the conflicts, the themes, the structure, and/or general feelings about the story that your particular quotations identify. You may choose a particular quotation because you don’t understand its meaning; however, you think the quotation is necessary in some way regarding one’s understanding of the text. There are no “perfect” answers. This dialectical journal’s purpose is for your understanding and may become part of an important class discussion.
ENGLISH – LEVEL 3 90721 Respond critically to written text(s) studied Question A novel usually depicts the journey of a character or characters. To what extent do you agree with this view? Your response should include close reference to a novel (or novels) you have studied. Text Type: Novel Novel Title: MAESTRO Author(s)/website(s): PETER GOLDSWORTHY Ignorance to realisation, adolescence to adulthood and dreams to reality are all journeys that Peter Goldsworthy explores in his novel, “Maestro”. Through the use of passage we see how Peter Goldsworthy takes Paul on these journeys to make important realisations about humans, ideas and himself.
In a paragraph, discuss how these three essays meet the criteria for literary nonfiction. Use specific information from the content of the unit and quotations from the readings. Literary nonfiction is a form of storytelling as old as the telling of stories. It is a form that allows a writer both to narrate facts and to search for truth, blending the empirical eye of the reporter with the moral vision. The first essay written by Jaschik meets the criteria for literary nonfiction because it discusses the huge controversy of plagiarism and how it affects literature today.
This essay will show that ___________________ possesses the three qualities just mentioned. This essay will also show how the events/examples just mentioned show unique qualities. Paragraph 2, 3, & 4: ______________________________ is ______________________. In the novel/short story we see this when ___________________________________. This shows that ________________ is ______________________ because ____________________________________.
[pic] Frederick Douglass Paragraph Writing Category (35%) 18 points Paragraph prompt: What is Douglass’s purpose in writing this narrative, and does he achieve this purpose? Find examples 3 quotations from the text to prove that he does or does not achieve his purpose; one of these quotations should be the examination of a figure of speech (metaphor, simile, etc.) and how that contributes to his purpose. Also consider looking at Douglass’s style and tone, including his objectivity and restraint in describing painful incidents. Respond in a paragraph that: 1.
The Simple Gift- Steven Herrick Steven Herrick has portrayed rich descriptions of belonging in his verse novel ‘The simple gift’. The verse novel allows the story to be told through first person by three main characters perspectives Billy, Old Bill and Caitlin. This makes an effect on the responders to get direct connection with the characters thoughts and build appreciation to each of the characters personalities, concepts and decisions. The economy of words used by Herrick makes the text basic and understandable in very few words, also the structure of the novel impacts the readers’ interpretation of belonging by supplying a summary and an insight of what the chapter will include using pictures and extracts on each chapter title. The
Theme and Narrative Elements in the Short Story There are numerous literary elements that play a role in short stories in order to add to the larger narrative theme. An example of this is the narrative "The Welcome Table" by Alice Walker. Throughout this paper, this writer will demonstrate the significance of how the application of point of view, setting, and symbolism plays a role contributing the theme of a story. "The Welcome Table" by Alice Walker is narrated from a third person point of view. Walker's depiction of the main character is so vividly expressed that a reader could not visualize anything other than that of a poverty-stricken and destitute individual.
In this review of the Three Psychotherapies that were implemented in the Gloria Tapes it is apparent how different the three approaches are even though they are all considered psychotherapy. The three therapies used on these tapes were the client centered approach by Carl Rogers, rational emotive theory by Albert Ellis and the Gestalt theory by Fritz Perls. In this review the three approaches will be examined to analyze the different therapies and interviewing techniques. In looking at the first approach Carl Rogers uses client centered therapy. Rogers’ approach seemed to me to be the most client friendly technique.
Symbolism In literature, symbolism is what makes a short story/novel fascinating and captivating read. Symbolism gives us an avenue to travel through the writer’s mind, explore his /her way of thinking, and comprehend why a writer chooses to pass across a concept in a certain way and not another way. It can be said to be the writer’s way of jogging the reader’s mind. There are striking similarities between uses of symbolism in the three novels. In all three novels, the narrators use objects to articulate the symbolism.