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Constructed Responses Moonrise. Moonrise by Jenette Purcell.
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Moonriseby Jenette Purcell • City night skygives itself to me againwhen I have so little left to receive it.I am dark, crumblingand you are rivers and trees awaysearching your own night sky for a sign.The strong gates of your heartare wide open to me always, but,if only.So I wait, as seasons before, decades before,fathers and mothers before me still insidewatch and listen.Suddenly,bamboo, bones, fiber, fences,water, glistening koi,*all the tiny rooms,paths and places I hold your memoriesrelaxin audible, reverent wonderat the fullness formingon this horizon’s edge.*koi: colorful fish that symbolize love and friendship
Constructed response question • In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Use evidence to support your response.
Tips to remember when answering constructed responses! • You are limited to 4 lines! There is NO space for summaries!! • 1st sentence/line~ address/answer the question specifically (thesis statement) • 2nd sentence/line~ a quote or paraphrase from the text that specifically supports your first sentence. • 3rd sentence/line~ your analysis, explanation, elaboration or connection of 2nd and 1st sentence. • 4th sentence/line~ Closing statement, inference, or significance.
First sentence/Line ~ Answer the question making sure to specifically identify any of the literary terms the question asks for, your thesis. Question In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Answer • In Moonrise, the theme love is complicated develops through the changing mood.
Sentence/Line 2 ~Use specific details and examples from the text to support your sentence 1. Question In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. • Answer: • When the speaker says, “…you are rivers and trees away…” she implies that separation has complicated their relationship creating a mournful mood, but there is a shift in the mood beginning in line 13.
Sentence/line 3 Analyze, elaborate or connect the text to sentence 1…DO NOT SUMMARIZE! Question In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. • Answer • The dual mood shows how love can have its ups and downs and is complicated.
Sentence/line 4 Closing statement, inference, or significance. Question In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. • Answer • The changing mood implies that love is capable of lows and highs, illustrating its complicated nature.
Final answer • In Moonrise, the theme love is complicated develops through the changing mood. When the speaker says, “…you are rivers and trees away…” she implies that separation has complicated their relationship creating a mournful mood, but there is a shift in the mood beginning in line 13. The dual mood shows how love can have its ups and downs and is complicated. The changing mood implies that love is capable of lows and highs, illustrating its complicated nature. • FINAL THOUGHT!WRITE SMALL!!!!!