Close Reading Paper:
Length: 2-3 pages, (typed, double-spaced in Times New Roman 12 with 1” margins). Due Date: Feb 23rd Grading: 10% of final grade Pick one or two passages from Zami, and examine these passages for the literary techniques used to convey meaning. Pay attention to imagery, metaphor, symbolism, genre-blending, references, connections with other parts of the text, syntax, diction, structure etc. Identify what Lorde is doing with language in relation to her key ideas, how she is using literary strategies to craft her biomythography, and why she makes she makes these choices. Your paper does not need to have an introduction or conclusion, but you do need to have a thesis statement about your reading of the passage. Remember that there is no one right way to read a passage.
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