Analytical Argument Analysis: The Things They Carried

Identify and describe two conflicts in the story. Explain how the protagonist responds throughout the story and what his or her response reveals about him or her. Write in complete sentences.

During the text-based discussion, the student will discuss what the main character in the story said, looked like, acted like, and felt like.

Character Analysis: Give your ideas about the main characters(s). Include what you like and dislike about the characters and why they deserve praise or criticism. Does the author intend for you to like/dislike them? How do you know?

Write an essay that explains how the incident or character is related to the more realistic of plausible elements in the rest of the work. Avoid plot summary.

protagonists and antagonists, the plot structure and events of the story and the way he

NOW list the events in the SEQUENCE in which they are PRESENTED IN THE STORY (the orchestration of PLOT).

1. Who are the most important characters? Identify the protagonist/antagonist/ Write down important information and characteristics about each one.

2. Briefly write the historical and cultural contexts of each story. When and where do they take place? What hints, references, or details do the authors give to let you know the time and place of each story, and/or the cultural background of the characters? Be as specific and concise as possible.

In this section, you should to discuss the protagonist (main character) of your novel. In addition to telling me who the protagonist is, provide some details about the protagonist. Consider the following: human or something else, male or female, age, occupation, etc. Then identify two character or personality traits of your protagonist. Explain how you determined these using examples and details from the novel. Explain each trait in a separate paragraph. In another paragraph, explain whether your protagonist is static or dynamic. A static character does not change throughout the course of the novel. S/he is the same at the end as s/he was in the beginning. A dynamic character changes by the end of the novel. Explain how/why your character is static or dynamic.

Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts

Trace three of the following threads through the novel. In two paragraphs for each explain the various literary effects of each of the threads and how each is related to the theme. Use quotations from the novel to support each analysis.

Discuss the use of imagery in two stories of your choice. How do the various images work in a particular story to bring its subject matter into focus? Is there a central image? And how does this enhance or confuse or complicate the effect of the story?

In this section of the worksheet, you will see how all the course materials start to come together. If you were writing an essay, you would want to draw your conclusions and make your inferences using a wide variety of examples to make your points and provide supporting evidence (which would likely lead to an “A” paper). Keep this in mind as you answer the rest of the questions here.

Within the pro-choice world there are many issues that are discussed like abortion, the instant where life begins and the use of contraceptives. This article will focus on not only the issue of using of contraceptives, but specifically the distribution of oral contraceptives (“the pill”) to teenage girls without their parent’s consent.

2. What is the exposition of the story? Summarize it in your own words and provide an example of the text.