Monday, May 6, 2013

1999 AP Essay #1

Outline:
Step one: Breaking down what they want from you- How lit techniques convey the impact on the character after and during dramatic experience.
Step two: Choose Lit tech after reading the passage- diction, imagery and tone.
Step three: Go into detail with each of the lit techniques while STILL keeping step one in mind:

Diction: Alot of action words to emphasis impact and the spirit of the wolf which was characterized as being active. Also words of sadness, pain and hurt were used to describe his dramatic experience but when describing the wolf light and happy words were used to commemorate her.

Imagery: The imagery that is presented is depressing and really devastating. This is of course for the impact...the blood, the lifeless eyes, the darkness, the dying fire, the coyotes, the loneliness with only the dead wolf(since the horse left)...all these images, although some are less important than others, are placed in this scenes to show the lose of the wolf and how impactful it was for the character.

Tone: With the help of the author's diction and imagery, the tone is set for the passage. It is a very lonesome, sad tone but also very calm. Especially at the end where he describes the good attributes the wolf had.



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