| English 3A Semester Exam Essays (16pts each) | |||
| IMPORTANT NOTE: The essays on the final exam have been modified! Please respond to the prompts below and post your answers in the appropriate textbox on the exam. | |||
| # 44 | Choose two of the woman authors from this semester. Your choices are: Phillis Wheatley, Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Kate Chopin. In two ACES responses, use examples from the stories we read this semester to explain how each of the authors presents us a picture of what life was like for women during the time in which they lived. | ||
| Brainstorming ideas: | Phillis Wheatley was taken from Africa and sold as a slave. What do her poems reveal about how she felt about life in America?Anne Bradstreet’s poetry was mainly about her family and her faith. What do her poems tell us about women during her time? How was she different from other women at that time (or, how does some of her writing reflect what was likely a hope for many women of her time)? How does Sarah Orne Jewett’s writing reflect the life of many women in New England at that time?What does Kate Chopin’s writing tell us about the hopes, dreams, and struggles of middle-class women during her time period? | ||
| THINK: Identify for your chosen authors | Author’s Name | What was life like for women during her time? | How do I know? Text evidence (quote w/ page #) |
| Suggested Outline: | I. Introduction: –General statement that mentions your chosen authors and how their lives are reflected in their works. II. Author #1 A: Statement about life during her time and title of the piece that shows this. C: Quote from story/poem E: Explain how the quote shows this. S: Summarize and/or rephrase answer statement III. Author #2 A: Statement about life during her time and title of the piece that shows this. C: Quote from story/poem E: Explain how the quote shows this. S: Summarize and/or rephrase answer statement V. Conclusion –Draw a universal conclusion about these women and how life is reflected in their literature. | ||
| #45 | Choose TWO of the stories or poems from this semester. In two ACES paragraphs, explain how each of the selections you choose reflect something that is uniquely American. | ||
| Brainstorming ideas: | Some things to look for when deciding what selections to choose: Think about the stories portray the way the characters talk,Think about the stories that show the things that were/are important to Americans,Think about stories that portray uniquely American problemsThink about authors that created new types of literature that set the United States apart,Think about authors that showed us unique places in America. Some things you might want to explore: How does Mark Twain’s writing give us a uniquely American way of speaking?How did Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine reflect the yearnings of the colonists?How did the writing of Charles Waddell Chestnutt’s illustrate a uniquely American experience following slavery?What new forms (genres) of writing did Edgar Allan Poe and Olaudah Equiano introduce? How did the regionalist writers give us “snapshots” of uniquely American people and places? | ||
| THINK: What two stories or poems will be the focus of my essay? List title and author here: | Title and author | What is uniquely American about this story? | How do I know? Text evidence (quote w/ page #) |
| Suggested Outline: | I. Introduction: –General statement about how our national literature can be considered uniquely American II. Story #1 A: Statement that mentions work #1 and what makes it uniquely American C: Quote from the work that shows this. E: Explain how the quote shows this. S: Summarize and/or rephrase answer statement III. Story #2 A: Statement that mentions work #1 and what makes it uniquely American C: Quote from the work that shows this. E: Explain how the quote shows this. S: Summarize and/or rephrase answer statement V. Conclusion –Draw a universal conclusion about our national literature can be considered uniquely American | ||
| Type your answer for both prompts here. | #44 | ||
| #45 | |||
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