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Honors II Summer Assignment Ms. Kristi Moore, Ms. Emili Smith, and Mrs. Abigail Nahlik [email protected]​; ​[email protected]​; ​[email protected] On the first day of class,​ your quote log and rough draft essay need to be typed and printed or typed and ready to share on Google Drive. ​Papers that are not turned in on the first day of class will be subject to the late policy, losing 10% per day. Both should be saved to Google Drive (not Pages or Microsoft Word) prior to class. 1. You will need a copy of Harper Lee's ​To Kill a Mockingbird
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. This can be a hard copy or a digital copy. 2. Before beginning the quote log, provide a definition of each of the following literary devices: Tone, Mood, Symbolism, Metaphor, Irony, Allusion. 2. Keep a quotation log that includes, at minimum, three quotations from the beginning of the novel, three from the middle of the novel, and three from the end of the novel. Use your best judgement as to what constitutes the beginning, middle, and end of the novel. For the log, note a quotation in the left column. Make sure to note the speaker and the page number. In the left column, note the context, literary device (​only choose from the list above), and create at least four sentences of substantive analysis. See an example below. “Mockingbird don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing by sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” (Lee 93). ­Miss Maudie Context (one­two sentences ​
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only): After giving his children air rifles for Christmas, Atticus cautions his children not to kill any mockingbirds, which Miss Maudie corroborates. Literary Device: metaphor Analysis (minimum four sentences): The mockingbird is a metaphor for innocent individuals criminalized or corrupted by society. Just as the mockingbird is shot and its innocence striped, so too are Boo Radley and Tom Robinson striped of their innocence. Radley is striped of his innocence by being forced to kill, and Robinson’s innocence is taken by a biased jury, a theft of innocence reinforced when Robinson is shot by prison guards. The metaphorical mockingbirds demonstrate that humans may begin life as innocent but society and human experience can tarnish that innocence. 3. Follow the outline below to create a literary analysis essay. Use the quote log to help construct the essay. Introduction: 1. Hook: Engage your readers with a quotation, startling imagery, or an interesting anecdote. 2. Build context: Remember that you cannot count on readers to have had the same experiences that you have had, so you have to build context or background knowledge for the reader. Limit yourself to three sentences of context building. 3. Thesis: Follow the template below. The thesis should ALWAYS be the last sentence of your introduction paragraph. Template: By analyzing ________ the reader can learn that ________, __________, and __________ relate to the theme _________________. . Sample thesis statement: By analyzing Harper Lee’s use of symbolism the reader can learn that prejudice kills innocence, integrity is essential to courage and growing up is a complex process. Body Paragraphs 1­3 should follow this format: 1. Topic Sentence: Begin with a topic sentence derived from the thesis and which connects the literary device to the theme. Topic sentences may be complex sentences, but each topic sentence should only be one sentence. a. Example: One of the most important lessons in ​
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To Kill a Mockingbird is that prejudice kills innocence, which is clearly shown through the symbol of the mockingbird. 2. Examples: Find two examples from the text. Build adequate context for each example. Quote directly from the text, and provide an in­text citation for each quote. The citation will look like: ​
(author’s last name and page number), so for ​To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee 25). Your quote log should be especially helpful in finding examples. a. Build context: Scout Finch first learns of the dangers of prejudice when Miss Maudie, her kindly neighbor, instructs her not to kill mockingbirds. b. Introduce the quote: Scout Finch first learns of the dangers of prejudice when Miss Maudie, her kindly neighbor, instructs her not to kill mockingbirds, saying, “Mockingbird don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy,” (Lee 93). 3. Analysis: Follow each example with your own original analysis. Analysis is NOT simple summary. Where summary simply retells plot events, analysis examines why an event occurred, how its occurrence supports the author’s main idea, and how the author uses an event, symbol, or literary device to support his or her theme. a. Example analysis: The mockingbird is a metaphor for innocent individuals criminalized or corrupted by society. Just as the mockingbird is shot and its innocence striped, so too are Boo Radley and Tom Robinson striped of their innocence. Radley is striped of his innocence by being forced to kill, and Robinson’s innocence is taken by a biased jury, a theft of innocence reinforced when Robinson is shot by prison guards. The metaphorical mockingbirds demonstrate that humans may begin life as innocent but society and human experience can tarnish that innocence. 4. End each body paragraph by drawing reader’s attention back to the paragraph’s main idea. a. Example: As Harper Lee’s use of the mockingbird symbol reveals, prejudice kills innocence. Conclusion​: 1. End your essay by reiterating your thesis. This does not mean that you restate the thesis word for word, but rather that you address the central ideas of each body paragraph one last time as the essay comes to a close. 2. Make sure that your reader understands the significance of your theme. Provide a closing idea that addresses the universal nature of the elements analyzed in the essay. Additionally, connect the essay to the hook from the introduction paragraph to ensure that the essay comes full circle. Works Cited Page: 1. The last page of your paper should include a properly formatted MLA citation for the novel. 2. For help creating this citation, follow this link https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/