Critical Lens Strategies
Titles and Authors
Literary Elements
Short Answer Paragraphs
Texts We've Read
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The first thing you do in a critical lens essay.
What is restate the quote?
100
The author of Fahrenheit 451
Who is Ray Bradbury?
100
The literary element used to describe how characters speak, act, how others speak to that character, and how others act toward him or her.
What is characterization?
100
This paragraph must have quotes from both passage one and two
What is the controlling idea paragraph?
100
The text that deals with the theme of mass media and people's loss of humanity due to technology.
What is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury?
200
The point of view your paper should be in.
What is 3rd person?
200
The author of "On The Rainy River"
Who is Tim O'Brien?
200
The literary element that Robert Frost uses when he compares life decisions to two roads.
What is a metaphor?
200
You must define and find examples of this in your short answer to question 27.
What is a literary element?
200
This short story deals with a man's internal conflict to flee or go to war
What is "On the Rainy River" by Tim O'Brien?
300
Your body paragraphs must include examples from the text that prove critical lens and THIS.
What is a literary element?
300
The author of "The Road Not Taken"
Who is Robert Frost?
300
This element describes a futuristic dystopian United States that is when and where Montag from Fahrenheit 451 lives
What is setting?
300
The literary element paragraph (#27) asks you to use example from this many passages.
What is one passage?
300
The short story about a man who believes his girlfriend's pantyhose keep him safe.
What is "Stockings" by Tim O'Brien?
400
In this paragraph, you must restate your interpretation of the critical lens, summarize your arguments, and leave the reader with a lesson learned.
What is the conclusion?
400
The author of "Is it your day to join the revolution?"
Who is Genevieve Valentine?
400
In To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, this literary element is used to describe the mockingbird, which represents innocence.
What is symbolism? Or Metaphor.
400
A strong controlling idea paragraph will tell you this about the passages.
What the passages say about the theme?
400
This poem was written by a German minister in reference to the holocaust?
What is "First They Came..." by Martin Niemoller?
500
Everything must relate to the this.
What is the critical lens quote?
500
The authors of "First They Came"
Who is Martin Niemoller?
500
This literary element is used heavily in Ursula K. Leguin's "The Ones That Walked Away From Omelas" when she described the utopia with flowery language and described the "wretched one" with vividly gory details.
What is imagery?
500
The paragraphs are worth this much each
What are two points?
500
The short story that has a cowardly Liz as the protagonist. Her character demonstrates the consequences of conformity because she ends up marrying a man she doesn't love purely out of fear.
What is "Is This Your Day to Join the Revolution" by Genevieve Valentine?
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