"Listening" by Eudora Welty

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Welty, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, avid reader, experienced in her field

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lecture to students at prestigious university

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students, future writers, readers

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to stress the importance of recognizing/using voice in reading and writing

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allusions, figurative language and details

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cheerful and upbeat

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which element of soapstone might this excerpt represent? (my mother read to me…)(the author intentionally uses parallel syntax)

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style

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which element of soapstone might this excerpt represent? (besides the bookcase in the living…)(intentionally puts quotation marks around the library)

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style

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which element of soapstone might this excerpt represent? (my mother read to me…)(a love of literacy begins early is prominent in this text)

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purpose

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which element of soapstone might this excerpt represent? (there was the set of Stoddard’s…)(intentionally crafts these allusions)

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style

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which element of soapstone might this excerpt represent? (st. elmo was not in our house…)(incoroporation of the reference to st.elmo can provide a timeframe for this narrative)

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occasion

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which element of soapstone might this excerpt represent? (i was presented, from as early as I…) (important characteristics of author)

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speaker

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which element of soapstone might this excerpt represent? (and the year we moved…)(characteristics of speaker)

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speaker

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which element of soapstone might this excerpt represent? (my mother read to me…) (a love of literacy begins early…)

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purpose