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prompt question: what literary techniques are used by the author to convey the central idea or theme of a story? complete a close reading of one of the stories from unit 2 and then write a 1-2 paragraph analysis of the literary devices used by the author to convey the central idea or theme of the story. be sure to provide examples from the text to support your analysis.

⦁ select one of the stories below:
⦁ “nameless tennessee” (see “explore: examine the text” and “try it: on your own” in lesson 2.03)

⦁ “water never hurt a man” (see “explore: examine the text” and “try it: on your own” in lesson 2.07)
⦁ “marigolds” (see “explore: examine the text” and “try it: on your own” in lesson

2.08)
⦁ review: 2.05 workshop: write an analysis lesson contains activities that will you complete a close reading analysis. review this section prior to writing your races paragraph(s).

from here, remember that you must support, prove, and demonstrate the ideas you’ve stated in your topic sentence. the prompt even asks for examples from the text. finally, don’t forget your closing sentence!

⦁ each paragraph is a minimum of 5 sentences and follows the races strategy.
⦁ each paragraph contains evidence of effort and thoughtful analysis
⦁ each paragraph fully answers all parts of the prompt
⦁ each paragraph contains proper sentence structure and is written in the third person (no use of i, me, us, you, pronouns)