Annotated of Theme

In this homework assignment, you will analyze and
annotate the short story that you will use as the
basis for Paper 2. Please note that the story you choose should
be from among the list from
Applying close reading strategies, locate keywords that
signal the literary element of theme, as you identify it, in your chosen short
story. You should read closely and carefully, noting words or synonyms
that repeatedly draw the reader’s attention to the theme. In a print/paper
version of the story, you may have underlined or highlighted them. You may also
have written notes to yourself in the margins. In a PDF text, you may be
using the markup tools or comment features.
There is no exact, “right way” of annotating a particular story;
like the writing process, the close reading process is yours to
individualize. If you prefer to print out the story on paper, annotate it
by hand, and then upload a picture or scan of the paper, that submission would
be perfectly fine as well.
In short, by reading the story more than once and annotating it, you are
engaging in critical reading, which will inform your literary analysis and
writing about literature.
Directions:
1. Identify
the theme of the story and explain how you identified it.
2. Annotate
the sections of the story (e.g., keywords, phrases, and/or passages) that
elucidate the theme.
3. Take
screenshots or pictures of your annotated story.

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