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Progress Report 14:

Note Type Quote/Specific Reference to the Text Page Explanation of Textual Reference
(Use Various Number (Why is this significant to the text/to me/ to our class/ etc.?)
Types)
“when Norma flowered our garden I
Textual/ [Charlie] became a weed…”
(117)
Metaphor

Charlie is looking through the newspaper

and says: “I was stunned to find a picture
Connection of my mother and sister.” (166)

“I was stunned to find a picture of my

mother and sister.”
Cultural (166)

“I’ve got to meet someone I haven’t seen

in a long time.”
Evaluation
(183)

“Fay said everyone thought I was a

wonderful comedian and everyone liked
Evaluation
my moron act” (213)
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Progress Report 14 (Continued):

Note Type Quote/Specific Reference to the Text Page Explanation of Textual Reference
(Use Various Number (Why is this significant to the text/to me/ to our class/ etc.?)
Types)
“Algernon’s behavior is becoming erratic
Prediction again.”
(214)
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Active Reading Notes

Progress Reports 15-16:

Note Type Quote/Specific Reference to the Text Page Explanation of Textual Reference
(Use Various Number (Why is this significant to the text/to me/ to our class/ etc.?)
Types)
“(I call them all children, no matter what
they’re ages are, they’re all children
(229)
Response here)”

“better off before [the operation]?”

Evaluation (172)

“I wept as I put a bunch of wild flowers

on the grave.”
Evaluation (258)

“I’m going to Marks Street to visit my

Response mother tomorrow.”
(258)

“I [Norma] can’t stand to see her in one of

those institutions.”
Textual/
(269)
Irony
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Progress Reports 15-16 (Continued):

Note Type Quote/Specific Reference to the Text Page Explanation of Textual Reference
(Use Various Number (Why is this significant to the text/to me/ to our class/ etc.?)
Types)
“She [Rose] doesn’t remember much
Cultural these days.”
(269)
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Progress Report 17:

Note Type Quote/Specific Reference to the Text Page Explanation of Textual Reference
(Use Various Number (Why is this significant to the text/to me/ to our class/ etc.?)
Types)
“there’s no reason for either of us to be
Response alone.”
(293)

“Then she said why dont I get some job

instead of just hanging around.”
Textual/
(306)
Grammar
Analysis

“Its good to have frends…”

Response (309)

“The operashun dint hurt.”

Connection
(13)

“but you’ve lost something you had

Response before. You had a smile.”
(299)
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Progress Report 17 (Continued):

Note Type Quote/Specific Reference to the Text Page Explanation of Textual Reference
(Use Various Number (Why is this significant to the text/to me/ to our class/ etc.?)
Types)
“Goodby Miss Kinnian and dr Strauss and
Textual/ everybody…”
(311)
Writing Style