Prompt Use the following to write a paragraph analyzing the plot of "The Sniper."
1. What is happening as the story begins?
2. List 5 strong adjectives that describe the main character.
3. Specifically describe the setting. List 4 adjectives that describe the environment
4. What is the conflict in the story? What is the Sniper's internal conflict?
5. What is the Sniper's state of mind or attitude throughout the story?
6. What event is the climax of the story? How does this change the mood of the story?
7. What is the resolution of the story? How is the conflict resolved in the story?
8. Describe the situational irony at the end of the story.
9. What is the theme of the story?
10. Why does the author chose not to give the main character a name?

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader