Juxtaposition: What does an A+ answer look like? What does John Knowles achieve by the juxtaposing the summer and winter sessions? (ASQ) In the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles, the juxtaposition of winter and summer session highlights the coming of age story in the novel. Juxtaposition is used Definition when ideas are set side by side to compare and to contrast. The summer resembles the boys’ innocence and how they truly don’t understand the war around them. The summer session still contains the peaceful setting, the security of returning teachers, and the pleasure of having maids. But, as winter comes about the boys have to become aware and face Evidence from the text. adulthood. All the young teachers have gone to war, the maids have left, and the rules have been put back to being enforced. Knowles juxtaposes these two ideas of winter and summer to emphasize that the boys at Devon will eventually have to forget the summer and move on to the heartaches of war. It truly is a coming of age story in which Knowles juxtaposes winter session and summer session to bring out the difference between the two stages of life, adulthood and childhood. 1. The first sentence answers the question – it explains how the juxtaposition achieves meaning, not just that Knowles uses juxtaposition. 2. The definition is correct. Juxtaposition involves placing two items side by side to achieve a clearer contrast (or comparison). 3. The evidence focuses specifically on the juxtaposition and how Knowles uses it. The evidence is not just a list of how summer and winter are different. Analysis of your Juxtaposition Answer Thesis Sentence: ASQ? TAG? Definition? Evidence? Yellow Snow? Punctuation? Spelling? Your Analysis – you may include comments written on your quiz.