"The Death of the Moth" - Discussion

Question 1

juxtaposition

Answer 1

• the act of placing two or more things side by side for a contrasting effect
• enables you to more powerfully address your readers
• example 1: first came the DARKNESS, but it was dispelled by the LIGHT
• example 2: the tress, once LUSH AND VIBRANT, with their wine-colored hues, now shuddered BARE, DULL branches

Question 2

SOAPSTONE

Answer 2

• S: Woolf,detailed, specific, dark
• O: the death of the moth, introspection
• A: people who forget death’s grasp
• P: argue death is powerful for both big and small things
• S: (claims) selection of detail, juxtaposition (antithesis)
• TONE: contemplative, dark

Question 3

create a claim

step 1.

Answer 3

woolf

Question 4

create a claim

step 2.

Answer 4

juxtaposes

Question 5

create a claim

step 3.

Answer 5

elements of life and death

Question 6

create a claim

step 4.

Answer 6

to draw attention to her argument that the grasp of death is inescapable

Question 7

create a claim

step 5.

Answer 7

find words in the text like “death is stronger than i am”

Question 8

claim: woolf expertly personifies death as a force over which no life triumphs.
after you create the claim, what do you do next

Answer 8

you find textual support

Question 9

claim: the author crafts metaphors to illustrate that death is part of life, and one is powerless to stop it.
after you create the claim, what do you do next

Answer 9

you find textual support

Question 10

woolf incorporates powerful word choice ________

Answer 10

as she illustrates the futile struggl3e for life that we all endure