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Literary Exploration Prompt
Literary Exploration Prompt
LITERARY EXPLORATION
ELA 10-2 Literary Exploration
The Goal
By Anonymous
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truth
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things meant to allure or charm
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flatter; persuade
The Assignment
You must
● discuss a character from literature or film that you have studied in English Language Arts
10-2
● ensure the details you select support your opinion of the idea that honesty is an important
quality
● present your ideas in prose
You should
● reflect on your own knowledge and/or experience and/or the reading selection provided
● use the Initial Planning section on page 9 to help plan your response. Carefully consider
your controlling idea or how you will create a strong unifying effect.
● select a character who is relevant to your ideas about the topic and interesting to you from
the short stories, novels, plays, poetry, nonfiction, or films that you have studied in ELA
10-2
Initial Planning
Read the assignment question and write your controlling idea below (this means your thesis
statement).
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Select a character (or characters) from a text you have studied in ELA 10-2
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Briefly identify details about the character(s) that you intend to use to develop your ideas. Make
sure the details associated with this character are relevant to your ideas about the topic question.