Fiction Analysis - "The Street" Flashcards
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step 1
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read prompt
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step 2: diagnose the prompt
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- intro: the following selection is the opening of Ann Petry’s 1948 novel, The Street
- warning: read the selection carefully
- claims: analyzing how Petry
- warrants: establishes Lutie Johnson’s relationship to the urban setting
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step 3
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read the piece
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step 4
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which devices best establish the claims/warrants
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finding literary devices
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- imagery data
- personification data
- selection of detail data
- figurative language data
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step 5
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device how to organize your essay
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Imagery
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- petry’s grimy imagery
8
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when the prompt gives examples of devices
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- feel free to use the examples
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2-3 claims and what else
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4-5 paragraphs and about 500 words
10
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relationship between Lutie and urban setting
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petry’s foreboding imagery establishes a menacing relationship