You will not be in class on Monday. Instead, you will write at home the essay we would have written in class.
Carefully read the passage at the beginning of Volume 2, Chapter 16 (chapter 39 in editions without volumes) from the start of page 197 to the end of the first full paragraph on page 199. (“It was the second week in May ….. and the unwelcome addition of Kitty’s and Lydia’s purchases, were seated in it.) The entire passage is attached. In a well-organized two-page (500-700 words) essay analyze how Austen reveals the values of the Lydia and Elizabeth and the nature of their society.
Continue to write for 7-minutes a day as preparation for a poem. Revise your list poem and write a poem about your kitchen for block day.
On block day we will discuss this essay and the conclusion of PAP. We will take a brief reading quiz and a brief quiz on narrative literary terms. The literary terms quiz will consist of definitions for which you provide the term and a few examples from PAP for which you provide the term.
On Thursday, you will take a survey. And get The Things They Carried from the bookroom. You may get The Thing s They Carried on your own at any time during the week
On Friday, you will write in class on PAP as a whole. You will write the entire hour. I expect several pages of well-considered analysis. You must have a clear, argumentative thesis.
Here are the possible prompts:
Pride and Prejudice novel prompts
1974. Choose a work of literature written before 1900. Write an essay in which you present arguments for and against the work’s relevance for a person [today]. Your own position should emerge in the course of your essay.
1975. Although literary critics have tended to praise the unique in literary characterizations, many authors have employed the stereotyped character successfully. Select one work of acknowledged literary merit and in a well-written essay, show how the conventional or stereotyped character or characters function to achieve the author’s purpose.
1980. A recurring theme in literature is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or drive may conflict with moral duty. Choose a literary work in which a character confronts the demands of a private passion that conflicts with his or her responsibilities. In a well-written essay show clearly the nature of the conflict, its effects upon the character, and its significance to the work.
1987. Some novels and plays seem to advocate changes in social or political attitudes or in traditions. Choose such a novel or play and note briefly the particular attitudes or traditions that the author apparently wishes to modify. Then analyze the techniques the author uses to influence the reader’s or audience’s views. Avoid plot summary.
Mirror of 1987: Some novels and plays seem to take a conservative stance on social or political attitudes or on traditions. Choose such a novel or play and note briefly the particular attitudes or traditions that the author apparently wishes to affirm and conserve. Then analyze the techniques the author uses to influence the reader’s or audience’s views. Avoid plot summary.
1988. Choose a distinguished novel or play in which some of the most significant events are mental or psychological; for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness. In a well-organized essay, describe how the author manages to give these internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated with external action. Do not merely summarize the plot.
1990. Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write an essay in which you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid plot summary.
2009, Form B. Many works of literature deal with political or social issues. Choose a novel or play that focuses on a political or social issue. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Carefully read the passage at the beginning of Volume 2, Chapter 16 (chapter 39 in editions without volumes) from the start of page 197 to the end of the first full paragraph on page 199. (“It was the second week in May ….. and the unwelcome addition of Kitty’s and Lydia’s purchases, were seated in it.) The entire passage is attached. In a well-organized two-page (500-700 words) essay analyze how Austen reveals the values of the Lydia and Elizabeth and the nature of their society.
Continue to write for 7-minutes a day as preparation for a poem. Revise your list poem and write a poem about your kitchen for block day.
On block day we will discuss this essay and the conclusion of PAP. We will take a brief reading quiz and a brief quiz on narrative literary terms. The literary terms quiz will consist of definitions for which you provide the term and a few examples from PAP for which you provide the term.
On Thursday, you will take a survey. And get The Things They Carried from the bookroom. You may get The Thing s They Carried on your own at any time during the week
On Friday, you will write in class on PAP as a whole. You will write the entire hour. I expect several pages of well-considered analysis. You must have a clear, argumentative thesis.
Here are the possible prompts:
Pride and Prejudice novel prompts
1974. Choose a work of literature written before 1900. Write an essay in which you present arguments for and against the work’s relevance for a person [today]. Your own position should emerge in the course of your essay.
1975. Although literary critics have tended to praise the unique in literary characterizations, many authors have employed the stereotyped character successfully. Select one work of acknowledged literary merit and in a well-written essay, show how the conventional or stereotyped character or characters function to achieve the author’s purpose.
1980. A recurring theme in literature is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or drive may conflict with moral duty. Choose a literary work in which a character confronts the demands of a private passion that conflicts with his or her responsibilities. In a well-written essay show clearly the nature of the conflict, its effects upon the character, and its significance to the work.
1987. Some novels and plays seem to advocate changes in social or political attitudes or in traditions. Choose such a novel or play and note briefly the particular attitudes or traditions that the author apparently wishes to modify. Then analyze the techniques the author uses to influence the reader’s or audience’s views. Avoid plot summary.
Mirror of 1987: Some novels and plays seem to take a conservative stance on social or political attitudes or on traditions. Choose such a novel or play and note briefly the particular attitudes or traditions that the author apparently wishes to affirm and conserve. Then analyze the techniques the author uses to influence the reader’s or audience’s views. Avoid plot summary.
1988. Choose a distinguished novel or play in which some of the most significant events are mental or psychological; for example, awakenings, discoveries, changes in consciousness. In a well-organized essay, describe how the author manages to give these internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and climax usually associated with external action. Do not merely summarize the plot.
1990. Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write an essay in which you analyze the sources of the conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid plot summary.
2009, Form B. Many works of literature deal with political or social issues. Choose a novel or play that focuses on a political or social issue. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the author uses literary elements to explore this issue and explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.