ENG4U1 1.04 My Mothers Blue Bowl
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ENG4U1! Unit 1: Essays /15 K Analysis Sheet – Reflective Paper! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! "My Mother's Blue Bowl" by Alice Walker! ! Instructions: Read Walker's "My Mother's Blue Bowl" in your textbook. Answer these questions about the story. Each question will get you to thinking about the techniques of a reflective essay. ! 1.) What is the reader's hook (gets the reader interested, at the beginning)? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! 2.) List two pieces of background information Walker uses to introduce her subject:! ! a.) ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! ! b.) ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ! 3.) What is the hint at the subject's significance (this is at the end of the introduction)? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! ENG4U1! Unit 1: Essays /15 K 4.) What is the first anecdote? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! a.) What statements are made to develop the first anecdote? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ b.) How does the first anecdote extend the significance of the subject? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! 5.) What is the second anecdote? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! a.) What statements are made to develop the second anecdote? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ b.) How does the second anecdote extend the significance of the subject? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! ! ! ENG4U1! Unit 1: Essays /15 K 6.) What is the third anecdote? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! a.) What statements are made to develop the third anecdote? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ b.) How does the third anecdote extend the significance of the subject? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! 7.) Give two ways Walker reflects on her subject in the conclusion to wrap up her story:! a.)! ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________! b.) ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
