Prose

I couldn’t think of any wordplay for Prose so this is a boring title. Sorry to let you down.

I never thought to have prepared questions/literary techniques ready to go before taking the quiz. It’s genius, but I have a hard time using that method. I struggle with picking out questions to use in an essay without knowing the context of the piece though, like trying to analyze setting when the passage is about characters. I’m still learning how to use the questions wisely. I also like the part about analyzing chronologically. I haven’t done it before this but it makes so much more sense and my writing flows so much better. With the two times essays we have written, I’ve filled up one page with a paragraph on the back, which is much more than my previous timed essays. Everything flows so much better. Another new thing is reading the passage once to understand and section it off and then going back to annotate literary devices. I like it. Everything is coming together.

I like to ask myself “what image of humankind emerges from the work” or “how do the charcters affect the MOWAW,” along with “how does the theme affect MOWAW” or “How does conflict affect MOWAW”. I’m getting pretty good with those questions. And MOWAW. I do struggle though with relating those questions to the essay prompt, so its rough.

I feel amazing with prose now, especially with recognizing literary devices, but I still need to work on tying everything back to the theme. I really dislike using the questions, but they’re really helpful so I need to work on that too.