“My Heart Has Reopened To You: The Place Where I Was Born” by Alice Walker
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1. What sensation triggers the author’s memory of a childhood place?
(1) looking at a Chinese painting of forests
(2) hearing sounds from the valley below
(3) smelling the ocean on the breeze
(4) viewing the landscape near her present home
Other
2. The author describes the tree near her childhood home as a
(1) mischievous playmate
(2) casual acquaintance
(3) kind protector
(4) stern teacher
3 When Alice Walker compares herself to Brer Rabbit, hero of a southern folktale, she is using the literary device known as
(1) allusion
(2) euphemism
(3) foreshadowing
(4) onomatopoeia
4 The author states that she left middle Georgia because of
(1) religious intolerance
(2) racial prejudice
(3) gender bias
(4) physical abuse
5 An image which connects the beginning and the end of the essay is that of the
(1) sun
(2) lake
(3) fog
(4) road
#27 “Choose a specific literary element (e.g., Theme, Characterization, Structure,.Point of View) or literary technique (e.g., Symbolism, Irony, Figurative Language, imagery etc.) used by one of the authors. Using specific details from that passage, in a well-developed paragraph, show how the author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.”
IA: What is the theme of the passage? (must make a good guess about the author’s message to the reader, in the form of a declarative sentence noting something thoughtful about the motif.
IB. What literary element or technique does the author use to express his/her idea and develop the passage?
IC. Provide an explanation of the literary element or technique (Define the device in IB)
Examples of literary devices
IIA. Quote the text-- (Must be an example of the literary device that you defined in part I
IIB. Explain why the writer used the device you quoted in IIA.
IIIA. Quote the text-- (Must be an example of the literary device that you defined in part I
IIIB. Explain why the writer used the device you quoted in IIIA.
IVA. Quote the text-- (Must be an example of the literary device that you defined in part I
IVB. Explain why the writer used the device you quoted in IVA.
Conclusion
V Conclusion : How does the literary element or technique support the author’s development of the passage? How is the reader affected by the use of this literary element or device in the passage?
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