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Speak notes & Graphic Organizer for the critical lens & Questions 26 & 27. Speak , Laurie Halse Anderson. Regents Exam: Task #4 The Critical Lens Essay. The following is a frame for writing the critical lens essay.
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Speak notes&Graphic Organizer for the critical lens & Questions 26 & 27
The following is a frame for writing the critical lens essay • [Add a grabber: an interesting way to begin the essay which is connected to the topic.] Rewrite the quote. The quote means …. This quote is valid [or] The speaker of the quote is correct. • by [author’s name] and by [author’s name] support the interpretation of the quote. Both authors use [place your literary elements here] which support the quote. • In [title] by [author’s name], give an example that supports your interpretation of the quote. This example should be a literary element. ex: point of view, conflict, characterization, symbolism. • [Ex: In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the narrator of the story, Scout, gives a first person point of view of the story. This specific point of view enables…] Choose your second example in the same way. [Ex: Ms. Lee also uses the constant build-up of the conflicts of the story to … ] Lastly, tie these literary element examples to the interpretation of the quote (if you haven’t done so already). • Do the same for the second work of literature. Remember to always connect your specific examples/ details to your interpretation of the quote. • In conclusion, title of work 1 by [author’s name] and title of work 2 by [author’s name] support [restate the interpretation of the quote]. They do this through the use of [name your literary elements]. Add a clincher: the final thought, related to the topic, that you want your reader to think about.
Outline for Question 26 CONTROLLING IDEA Possibilities: 1. Everyone has evil inside of them. 2. All evil traces back to human beings. 3. It is man’s own mind, not his enemy that lures him into evil ways.
Outline for Question 26 CONTROLLING IDEA: 1. Both passages convey the idea that evil will succeed so long as humans allow it to because evil exists within us.