Essay Questions Two

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TIMELINESS IS VERY IMPORTANT. Technical difficulties are not acceptable excuses for failure to hand in your work on time. Format: • Double spaced, 1” margins, 12-point font, Times New Roman • Heading in upper left corner: Your name, EN 213, Essay Questions 2, Date Plagiarism Reminder: Please review my plagiarism policy in our syllabus and remember that it is not negotiable. Put bluntly, plagiarism = failure in class. You should be able to answer the questions by referring to our textbook and your notes. If you quote a passage from our textbook, cite the page number only in parentheses after your quote. If you paraphrase information in our textbook, you should cite that as well. Notes will be considered common knowledge within this class and do not need to be cited. You should not use outside sources. You may consult your classmates to gather additional information and brainstorm, but you should be the sole author of your essay. Essay Questions Choose one of the following passages and give a line by line reading of what you think the passage means. Make sure to focus on the poet’s use of figurative language and its effect on the passage. a. He had been our Destroyer, the doer of things We dreamed of doing but could not bring ourselves to do, The fears of years, like a biting whip, Had cut deep bloody grooves across our backs. b. “I wish I had feathers, a fine sweeping gown, And a delicate face, and could strut about Town!” “My dear — a raw country girl, such as you be, Cannot quite expect that. You ain’t ruined,” said she.