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Date: Page #s: Author: Title:

CHAPTER NOTES

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CITY:
WHAT DOES THE AUTHOR ASSUME THE READER ALREADY KNOWS?
COUNTRY:

TIME PERIOD:

TWO EXAMPLES OF LITERARY

AUTHOR’ S PURPOSE OR MESSAGE AT LEAST THREE
DEVICES/ FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE +
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
THEIR EFFECT ON THE READER
I WONDER. .
WHAT IF?

TRACK MOTIFS HERE TWO KEY QUOTES (AUTHOR PAGE #)

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WHAT DOES THE AUTHOR ASSUME THE READER ALREADY KNOWS?
Think about what additional information you would need to more fully understand this chapter of the text.
AUTHOR’ S PURPOSE OR MESSAGE
Author's purpose verbs: to describe, narrate, educate, startle, persuade, reveal, highlight, establish, prove, compare....
LITERARY DEVICES/ FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
metaphor + simile: comparisons. metaphors are direct, while similes use "like" or "as"
hyperbole: exaggeration
symbolism/symbol: a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a physical object representing something abstract.
personification: giving something that is non-human human characteristics
imagery: visually descriptive or figurative language
repetition: repeating a phrase, word, or idea, usually for emphasis
paradox: something with contradictory qualities
allegory: a story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
allusion: an indirect or passing reference to another author or text
irony: the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally means the opposite
juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

STARTERS FOR OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS:

What if? How did [complicated situation] become the way it is?
[Introduce a problem or solution and then ask….] so what?
What is the relationship between [idea #1] and [idea #2]? RHETORICAL TRIANGLE
In what ways might [one system] affect [another system]?
SOME MOTIFS FOUND IN THIS BOOK:
CLIMATE ANXIETY & CLIMATE APATHY AUTHOR
NATIONALISM/ ETHNOCENTRISM
COLONIALISM
TE XT
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM MOTIF
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GRIEF CONC
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HR OUGH EA OR
WATER OUT A
TEXT
APOCALYPSE
SOLIDARITY
GENRE OR MEDIUM
CORPORATE & POLITICAL CORRUPTION
IMMIGRATION / CLIMATE REFUGEES MESSAGE/PURPOSE AUDIENCE
INDIVIDUALISM VS. COLLECTIVISM
HOPE AND HOPELESSNESS