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Question: GOALS The purpose of this assignment is to give you the chance to demonstrate the language analysis skills that we have been practicing all semester. This assignment is intended to help you develop a deeper understanding not only of how language can construct different kinds of meanings, but also of how literature can reflect a variety of usages, ideologies, cultures, time periods, and locations that may be similar to or different from your own.

PART 1: ANNOTATIONSChoose one poem, one song lyric, one short story, and one fairy tale-these cannot be any text that we have used at any point in this course. You will earn one point two points for each of your 10 complete annotations(for up to 20 points per text). A complete annotation is as follows: you must clearly

NUMBER each part 1-20

MARK which part of the text you are marking

LABEL each part (metaphor, oppositional binary, rhyme pattern, etc.)

EXPLAIN the meaning of each part marked

PART 2: WRITTEN RESPONSES TO ANALYSIS QUESTIONS

Once you have collected and annotated your 4 chosen texts, write (at least) one well-developed paragraph that responds to each of the following 5 questions for each of your 4 selected texts. In other words, this should add up to a minimum of 20 paragraphs. While this might seem like a lot of writing, it is actually information that can be worked on a little bit at a time. Plus, you are being given over 5 WEEKS to complete this work.

How is color used in the text?

How is emotion used in the text?

How is figurative language used in the text?

How are patterns used in the text?

How are oppositional binaries used in the text?

In each case, include (at least) two examples per question. Remember that these need to be well-developed paragraphs; this means that you will need to pay attention to your writing so that you can be as clear as possible, incorporate the language-analysis terminology that we have been studying all semester, and explain the meaning of EVERY SINGLE ELEMENT that you are discussing. NOTE: if your particular text does not include, say, ANY references to color, then simply explain this. However, it is usually possible to identify colors even when they are not named outright. Remember that being able to read closely to find meanings that are not so obvious is part of the point of this course.

FINAL THOUGHTS While I will provide models in class (and on eLearn) that will show you how to format your information, you will basically have two options:

annotate your texts by hand on hard copies and turn in BOTH the scans/digital photos (on eLearn)and hard copies (to me) of the annotations

annotate your texts in a digital document (Word, pdf) and turn in BOTH the digital documents (on eLearn) and printed copies (to me)

Please note that in both options, regardless of whether you choose to annotate your literary texts by hand or in a digital document (for PART 1) in either Word or pdf, your answers to the five questions (for PART II) MUST be turned in as a Word document.