ADVANCED Placement Step it up a notch!. Figure out WHAT the author did. Figure out HOW the author did it. What does this say about society or humankind?

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““Step it up a notch!” Step it up a notch!”

• Figure out WHAT the author did.

• Figure out HOW the author did it.

• What does this say about society or humankind?

Constant Terms to Consider

The ____________ ____________ by _______________

Is about ________________________,

And reveals that ________________________________.

(genre) (author)

(topic/abstract concept)

(opinion statement about humanity

or human condition)

•Justice

•Gender role

•Generation gaps

•leadership

•Loyalty

•Fear

•Passion

•Truth

Claim CommentaryData

Thesis Statement

Topic Sentence

(What you wish to prove)

Direct Quotes,

Summary

Paraphrase Details

Opinion

Insight

Student View

1. The alarm clock used in the opening scene of Native Son is a symbol.

2. Richard Wright’s Native Son is an honest depiction of Black life in the 1930s.

3. Blacks will turn to black on black crime rather than target whites because of the inequality in the solving of crimes in the black neighborhood.

4. Wright uses Bigger’s fear to drive his action.5. Bigger’s extreme grouping of whites as the enemy is just as

naïve as the white’s underestimation of the intellect of the

black man.

The color of your lens determines what you see.

The color of your lens determines what you

see.

Formalist

Biographical Historical

Gender

Psychological

SociologicalMythological

Deconstructionist

Using your MWD group, select a Critical Approach to Literature Lens

Group 1 Formalist Criticism

Group 2 Biographical Criticism

Group 3 Historical Criticism

Group 4 Gender Criticism

Group 5 Psychological Criticism

Deconstructionist Criticism

Mythological Criticism

Sociological Criticism

Create a 4 minute presentation explaining your group’s assigned critical lens

Each presentation will be accompanied by a Power Point presentation.

The Power Point is to serve as a visual aid, thus you must know your information.

When applicable, use Wright’s “Native Son” as the text on which you cast your lens. When not applicable, find another suitable text to demonstrate its effects.

Presentation Tips:

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