Side-By-Side
Journals Instructions

Tuesday,
October 28, 2008

10:38 AM

The
assignment

Tips
for thinking to write and writing to think:

Be
"text rooted"

Focus
on literary devices

What is the most prominent
image or metaphor in each piece?

Focus
on tone

What is the speaker's (or
the author's) attitude toward the subject matter?

Focus
on irony

What is ironic or
paradoxical about each piece?

Does the piece's conclusion
surprise or bother you because it was not what you expected?

Write
to think.

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