ESSAY: CRITIQUE Choose one chapter from the novel In His Steps, making certain that it is an important chapter to the overall plot of the story. Reread the chapter carefully, take notes on it, and develop an outline for a literary critique using the instructions given.

Here is your goal for this assignment:

Compose a literary critique

Write an essay of at least 350 words in which you:

Summarize the plot of the chapter. Analyze any minor conflicts addressed in the chapter.
Analyze the characters featured in the chapter.
Interpret the theme(s) addressed in the chapter.
Identify and evaluate any literary devices or figures of speech that appear in the chapter.
Describe how the events in the chapter relate to the entire literary work, and explain why the chapter is important to the book as a whole.
Use your planning and revising strategies you have learned.

Now poetry is a genre of literature that offers readers a great variety of stories, thoughts, and images using different formats and rhyme schemes. this variety allows readers to experience a vast array of literary mediums. you could say that the different forms have their own elements, terms, and definitions. you could also say that different forms of poetry require different approaches and methods for deriving meaning. think about specific works of poetry that you have read, including the reading selections for this unit. discuss particular elements or types of poetry that you begin to understand the different parts of a poem. what are some of the challenges you have faced when reading poetry? explain the strategies that have with your reading comprehension.

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.

Why are reading and writing necessary in today’s world?