| SESSION TWO - PART A
Directions: Read the passages on the following pages (a short story and an excerpt
from an autobiography). Write the number of the answer to each multiple-choice
question on your answer sheet. Then write the essay in your essay booklet as
described in Your Task. You may use the margins to take notes as you read and
scrap paper to plan your response.
Your Task:
After you have read the passages and answered the multiple-choice questions,
write a unified essay about the meaning of human dignity, as revealed in the
passages. In your essay, use ideas from both passages to establish a
controlling idea about the meaning of human dignity Using evidence from
each passage, develop your controlling idea and show how the author uses
specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.
Guidelines:
Be sure to
- Use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about the
meaning of human dignity
- Use specific and relevant evidence from each passage to develop your
controlling idea
- Show how each author uses specific literary elements (for example:
theme, characterization, structure, point of view) or techniques (for
example: symbolism, irony, figurative language) to convey the controlling
idea
- Organize your ideas in a logical and coherent manner
- Use language that communicates ideas effectively
- Follow the conventions of standard written English
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