Toni Morrison Paper
Description
- Introduce your text:
- Author:
- Title:
- Year it was written:
- A brief summary of the text:
- What social justice issue does your text address? Why is that issue important to address?
- Describe the characteristics or plot points that you looked for when deciding on your text or that you will include in your original work. Consider time period, genre, setting, plot, characters, etc.
- Close reading (just submit the paragraph highlighted below)
- Copy and paste one central passage (quote) from your text and conduct a close reading. Follow these steps:
- Circle/write down several key words
- Define the words (denotative meanings)
- Come up with connotative meanings (associations) for the words.
- Consider possible alternative definitions of the words (this is especially important for poetry)
- Once you have done steps 1-4, you will compile all of that work into a paragraph which is what you will submit for this part of the RA. In your paragraph, include:
- the words you chose
- how these words help you explain/support your reading of the passage and text.
- Explain what your interpretation of the passage is
- Explain how the definitions of the words helped you arrive at your interpretation of the passage and overall work
- Copy and paste one central passage (quote) from your text and conduct a close reading. Follow these steps:
- In one paragraph, explain why your text is important for people to read to gain deeper understanding of the issue addressed.
- Ask your peers for specific advice about any aspect of your project.
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