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Type of service: Writing from scratch Work type: Essay (any type) Deadline: 17th Feb Academic level: College (1-2 years: Freshman, Sophomore) Subject or discipline: English 101 Title: Writer's Choice Number of sources: 1 Provide digital sources used: No Paper format: MLA # of pages: 2 Spacing: *Double spaced* # of words: 550 # of slides: ppt icon 0 # of charts: 0 Paper details: Close Reading: You will submit a 1-2 page textual analysis of a short excerpt from one of our readings (the source text should be anywhere between a sentence and a paragraph). You will choose a very brief part of a text we have already read for class and produce a close reading, or textual explication. The explication will be brief (one-two pages double spaced) and need not have a tight argument or make any grand claims about the entire text. Rather, you will analyze the relationship between the mechanics of the language (form) and what the writer is saying (content). The goal of a close reading is to reveal not only how form embellishes content but how form affects and sometimes even produces content. 1 . Examine the diction of the poem. Look up any words that seem important in the OED. How does the text make use of the particular connotations of its words? Do any words carry unexpected etymologies? 2. How does the writer’s syntax emphasize or marginalize certain concepts? 3. What images and image patterns are most prominent? What are the associations of these images? Do the images take on larger significance as symbols or allegories? 4. Is the author using metaphoric language and what is the specific logic (substitution, analogy, etc.) behind these various metaphorical forms? 5. Is the author using a traditional form or genre? How does the form or genre suit the poet's intent? 6. What sounds do you notice (alliteration, assonance, caesurae etc.) and how do they fit the larger effects of the work? The text is going to be : Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence (Norton) The Norton Anthology of American Literature A and B, 9th Edition Ed. Robert Levine Comments from Support Team: