ENC1102--"The Story of an Hour." Assignment posted on April 3, 2023. Assignment is due on April 5, 2023.

Print out and annotate the following story by Kate Chopin. Highlight important sentences. If there is not enough room for annotations on the printout, write notes in your binder. Focus on how different types of literary rhetoric (organization of plot, details, characterization, dialogue, imagery, mood/tone, shifts, setting, figurative language, connotations of diction, etc.) support a theme. Indicate page numbers, paragraph numbers, and line numbers, as appropriate. Also, do "Shorter Analysis Activity" https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html:

You must have an electronic document (on your laptop) of the Analysis of the Text. You must also have a printed-out document in your binder for the entirety of the semester.
https://my.hrw.com/support/hos/hostpdf/host_text_219.pdf

If you are unable to print the text, please read it on an electronic device. Make sure you have copious notes in your binder (indicate page numbers, paragraphs, line numbers) when referring to different sections. Of course, it is preferable to have a printed copy of the text.

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How to Annotate a Text

See these links:

http://schoolhabits.com/annotate-text-reading/

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/english-i-how-to-take-notes-on-fiction.html#more

https://prezi.com/ctwiszjrqb7h/why-how-to-annotate-a-text/

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Annotating-a-Text

Analysis of "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston, an important voice of the Harlem Renaissance, was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and novelist best known for her work, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Sadly, she died in 1960 after suffering financial and medical difficulties. In 1973, Alice Walker, another famous American writer, "rediscovered" Hurston and promoted her body of work. In the classic essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Hurston explores the idea that all of us have multiple selves, depending upon the context and environments in which we find ourselves. Hurston's writing has an ebullience, self-assertiveness, and pride that is particularly evident in this text. She was a flamboyant and dramatic personality, at times clashing with fellow writers from the Harlem Renaissance, who believed that black Americans should use their art to speak out against racial oppression and the white majority. Hurston chose not to align herself with the political ideologies of ot...

All Classes--Analysis Activity for Texts. (Only do when assigned)

You will complete the following tasks.

Class Rules and Expectations

Until we are back on campus in the 2020-21 school year, adhere to the virtual behavior guidelines posted on Canvas. Follow uniform, ID badge, and safety rules. Do not be late for class. When you enter the classroom, copy the Agenda, the Word of the Day, and the Writing/Grammar Point of the Day. Place any homework on the table.

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