Close Reading for Paper One

The "Unseen Passage" Commentary

Prose or Poetry: features to consider

ALWAYS: (good approach to introduction for P1)

Literal meaning

subject – content – "prose" meaning -- "what" is said

Emphasis or focus

main idea – what is emphasized

Structure of passage

order – beginning, middle, end

Speaker

relationship to situation – point of view

Interpretation (incorporate throughout P1)

total meaning processed by "the reader" (a.k.a. you)

using inference and interpretation

the sum of the effects created by literary features

FOR TUESDAY 4/28:

Write introductory paragraph using at least first four elements, above, for poem "Night Wind."

Identify as many literary features as possible in the poem.

     Count number of instances of each.

     Be prepared to defend your counts!

     There will be prizes!