Speak

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Your Task:Now that we’ve finished reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, you will write a well-developed, text-based response of THREE paragraphs. In your response, identify a central idea in the text about how important it is for a person’s mental well-being, or health, to be able to communicate with others, and analyze how the author’s use of ONE literary element (imagery, metaphor, or motif) develops this central idea. Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your ideas (analysis). Do not simply summarize the text. Be sure to: Identify a central idea in the text (this is the message or “big idea”)Analyze how the author’s use of one writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) develops this central idea. Examples include: characterization, conflict, denotation/connotation, metaphor, simile, irony, language use, point-of-view, setting, structure, symbolism, theme, tone, etc. Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis (in the form of quotes)Organize your ideas in a cohesive and coherent manner Maintain a formal style of writing Follow the conventions of standard written English Graphic Organizer

Paragraph 1: Introduction (Make your claim!):

*Paragraph 2: Body Paragraph

#1 Topic Sentence:*

Detail #1 (This is a specific literary element, in the form of a quote, from the beginning of the book): * Explain WHY this proves your claim?* Detail #2 (This is another literary element, in the form of a quote, from the middle of the book):*

WHY does this prove your claim?*

Detail #3 (This is the third and most important literary element, in the form of a quote, from the end of the book):*WHY does this prove your claim?*

Conclusion: *

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