Read the student paragraph about a theme presented in "Raymond's Run." One theme in this story is self-confidence. Squeaky exhibits self confidence when she runs into the other girls on the street. When Rosie says to Squeaky, "I don’t think you’re going to win this time," Squeaky replies, "I always win 'cause I’m the best." The fact that Squeaky does not get nervous and she stands up to a group of girls shows that she has self confidence.

According to the PIE structure for writing about theme, in this paragraph, the student forgets to

make a connection of the evidence to the theme.
include an interpretation of the theme.
include textual evidence.
provide an explanation of the evidence.

Dylan is of course enormously influential. springsteen, who referred to him as “the father of my country” in his new born to run memoir, is one of many who were once known as “new dylans.” every singer-songwriter with a personal story to tell owes him a debt, and hearing the above lines read or sung aloud, with their knack for internal rhyme, call up inevitable parallels to the dense playful language of rap. –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca which piece of evidence supports the claim that dylan’s rock lyrics are like poetry? he is enormously influential. his lyrics feature internal rhyme. singer-songwriters owe him a debt. someone called him “the father of my country.”