Windows to the World |
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Table of Contents |
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Unit 1: Welcome! |
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Unit 2: Annotation |
9 |
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“The Gift of the Magi” |
10 |
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“The Most Dangerous Game” |
15 |
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Annotation Checklist |
24 |
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“Marginalia” |
25 |
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Unit 3: Allusions |
27 |
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Exercise #1 Biblical Allusions Project |
34 |
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Exercise #2 Biblical Allusions “The Donkey” |
35 |
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Exercise #3 Biblical Allusions “The Lamb” |
36 |
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Unit 4: Plot & Suspense |
37 |
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Conflict |
38 |
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Structure |
38 |
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Creating Suspense |
41 |
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Exercise #4 Plot Analysis |
44 |
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Plot & Suspense Checklist |
46 |
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Unit 5: Literary Analysis Essays |
47 |
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Forming the Thesis Statement |
50 |
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Body Paragraphs |
51 |
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Introductions & Conclusions |
61 |
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Exercise #5 Suspense Essay |
64 |
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Graphic Organizer |
67 |
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Literary Analysis Checklist |
68 |
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Unit 6: The Writer’s Toolbox |
69 |
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Parallelism, Euphemism, Similes |
69 |
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Unit 7: Characterization |
73 |
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Kinds of Characters |
73 |
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How Authors Develop Characters |
75 |
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The Character Arc |
80 |
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“The Necklace” |
82 |
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Exercise #6 Characterization |
86 |
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Fate vs. Chance vs. Providence |
88 |
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Exercise #7 “The Necklace” Essay |
90 |
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Unit 8: Symbolism & Emphasis |
91 |
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Anaphora & Epistrophe |
95 |
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Exercise #8 Symbolism :The Convergence of the Twain: |
97 |
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Unit 9: Theme & Worldview |
99 |
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Finding the Theme |
103 |
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Exercise #9 Finding the Theme |
107 |
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Exercise #10 Questioning the Story |
108 |
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“A Jury of Her Peers” |
110 |
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Exercise #11 “A Jury of Her Peers” |
120 |
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Exercise #12 Journal Writing |
123 |
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Theme Checklist |
124 |
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Unit 10: Setting |
125 |
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Characterization Through Setting |
128 |
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Mood and Atmosphere |
129 |
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Exercise #13 Setting and Character |
133 |
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Unit 11: Imagery |
135 |
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“Meeting at Night” |
136 |
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Diction & Personification |
138 |
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Similes & Metaphors |
140 |
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“A Fight with a Canon” |
143 |
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Exercise #14 Language Analysis |
147 |
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Unit 12: Point of View |
149 |
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The Narrator |
150 |
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Points of View |
151 |
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Unreliable Narrator |
156 |
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Point of View Shifts |
157 |
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Exercise #15 Changing Point of View |
159 |
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Unit 13: Tone |
161 |
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Exercise #16 Pinpointing Tone |
166 |
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Exercise #17 Creating Tone |
167 |
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Exercise #18 Analyzing POV and Tone |
168 |
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“The Open Window” |
169 |
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Unit 14: Irony |
171 |
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Effect of Irony |
174 |
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Exercise #19 Detecting Irony |
176 |
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Exercise #20 Irony in Poetry |
177 |
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Credits |
183 |
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Checklists |
184 |
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