English I and English II Primary Text:     How to Read Literature Like A Professor, Thomas C. Foster Test Case Text:    A Garden Party, Katherine Mansfield 1.    Write a paragraph (min. 150 words) that discusses the purpose of the primary text, How to Read Literature Like A Professor. Is the purpose to inform, entertain, or persuade. What does the title suggest about the author’s purpose? What do you make of the insertion of the words “lively and entertaining”? 2.    Read the test case short story, A Garden Party, before you begin reading the primary text. As you read the short story make notes (annotate) regarding the elements of story (the characters, the setting, the plot, the conflict, and the resolution). In addition to this, write a paragraph (min 150 words) that answers the following questions: What does the story signify? How does it signify? (look up words you do not understand). 3.    Read the primary text. a.    For each chapter, complete a graphic organizer (sample attached). i.    The title and an image to represent the chapter content ii.    The claim/thesis of the chapter iii.    A brief summary of key ideas iv.    Questions inspired by the chapter; questions about the content or questions to ask about reading and viewing literature based on the content v.    A list of examples of books, movies, and plays that reflect the chapter’s main ideas. b.    Define each of the following words based on the context (note: if the word has additional meanings) – NOTE: page numbers are for the text version/pdf version. i.    Apocryphal (p7/9), liturgical (p8/9), sublimation (p17/14), dictum (p18/14), ubiquity (p37/27), clandestine (p57/37), exigency (p84//27), ostensibly (p88/32), prurience (p156/80), gravitas (p97/51), repudiate (p102/53), perfidy (p109/57), titular (p119/61), incommode (p206/104), tawdry (p211/107), verisimilitude (p225/114), dialectic (p246), idiosyncratic (p249/145), hapless (p253/18), and subservient (p257/124). 1.    NOTE: page numbers may not be exact. Your copy of the book may be formatted slightly different.

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