Creating Multiple Choice Questions (3 posts in 1)!!

Review the prose passage (Question 2) HERE.   Then, create one multiple choice question and post it on the blog.  Once a few are posted, answer ONE ...and give a rationale for the answer.  When your question is answered, comment on the accuracy of the answer.  Try to move throughout the passage. If there are a few questions about the beginning, ask about the middle, end, or passage as a whole.  Use the sentence stems in the packet for help.  

"For that He Looked Not Upon Her" -2014 Poem

Read the prompt and poem (Question 1) HERE.   Discuss how you would approach writing the essay and what key lines/phrases/words along with devices and purpose you would include. Then construct a thesis statement that addresses the purpose of the poem as well as how the poet achieves that purpose through the devices you have noted.
NOTE: Be sure to use a modifier preceding each device in the thesis statement --Avoid simply listing devices in the thesis. For example,  something like "Through tone, imagery, and sound devices" would be stronger if you wrote "With a sardonic tone, bellicose imagery, and cacophonous diction..."  Then of course state the purpose (theme or intended effect) to complete the sentence.

"The Century Quilt" Sample Essays

Review the sample essays on "The Century Quilt" HERE.   The top essay only earned a 7.  Discuss what the author needed to do in order to earn a 9. Consider today's class discussion about organization, deconstruction, and purpose when analyzing and writing about poetry.