NEEDS TO BE OVER “The City”: Then choose at least one of the following to evaluate: ·Irony—Evaluate examples of verbal, dramatic,
SETTING Evaluate the three parts of Setting.
Ø Identify and evaluate the primary where (In an office? A hospital?) and when (Month? Afternoon?) of the story. Remember to look for specifics. Ø Identify the atmosphere? Consider the story’s social environment (the beliefs, values, and behaviours of the story’s time and place). Consider how the main character feels in this place. Does it reveal something about the main character or other characters? Does it contribute to the conflict? Example: In “The Things They Carried,” the Vietnam War setting offers a tense and exhausting atmosphere characterized by endless marching through suffocating jungles and choking dust. (give examples and evaluate each)
What sort of figurative language does the author use? Identify and evaluate at least THREE examples. similes, metaphors, personification anthropomorphism, allusions, onomatopoeia
NEEDS TO BE OVER “The City”: Then choose at least one of the following to evaluate: ·Irony—Evaluate examples of verbal, dramatic, or situational irony. · Dialogue—How does dialogue help to advance the plot or develop the conflict or reveal character?
As you discuss the author’s language techniques, be sure to give examples and to discuss why the examples are important in terms of conflict and central idea. Provide clear examples from the story of all points and link your discussion back to Central Idea (Evaluation).
When you evaluate language techniques for this story, consider this example:
The family in Ishiguro’s story is disconnected. We see this disconnection most clearly in the use of…. the dialogue is awkward and sparse—there are long silences, and dialogue flows only when dad is not around. This family cannot communicate.
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