After reviewing a collection of stories (“The Wave that Takes Them Under,” “Tips for a Smooth Transition,” “The Train,”) from Fire and Forget, complete the following response. 

• Two quotes from the story that showcases one literary term each. Explain which literary term they represent and what that helps you better understand about the whole story. 
• Explain how those literary terms helped you understand the author’s perspective on war.

What is the author’s perspective on war? What is a message you took away from this story?

The exceeds (also exceeds for The Things They Carried): Read "When Engaging Targets, Remember" and complete the same expectations above. Then add the impact that having a choose-your-own-adventure has on an author's perspective. 

After reviewing a collection of the chapters from The Things They Carried (“On the Rainy River,” “The Man I Killed,” “Ambush”/“Good Form,” “The Lives of the Dead”), complete the following response. Choose one section to complete the following analysis on:

• Identify two quotes from the story that showcase one literary term each. Explain which literary term they represent and what that helps you better understand about the story as a whole. 
• Explain how those literary terms helped you understand the author’s perspective on war.
  • What is the author’s perspective on war? What is a message about war you took away from this story?

-First, summarize what happens in this part of your novel. Make it at least four sentences.

-Second, find 4 quotes from the second third of your novel to analyze. Quotes should be moments that stood out or seemed significant to YOU. (There aren't specific quotes that fit this assignment best, and using the same quotes as others reading your novel will look suspicious.)

• In your analysis, explain which literary terms each quote could be identified as---list any and all literary terms that apply. 
• Choose two quotes to go into a deeper explanation of what they helped you better understand about the story and how they helped showcase a specific literary term. 

-Third, tell what message about war seems most emphasized through your literary terms. Keep in mind, this is different than just finding a theme. Your ideas need to directly correlate to the impact that the literary terms have on your understanding of events. Make sure that your message has the word ‘war,’ or something similarly connected, in it. 

-Fourth, explain how your understanding of the message about war changed from the last section. If it didn’t change, explain what other factors didn’t change. (Pointing to literary terms as factors is an effective way to approach this.)

-Fifth, reflect on your novel overall. What did you like/not like about it? Was it easy to follow? Was it easy to find literary terms? Would you recommend it to future students doing this assignment?

To exceed: Respond to someone else’s post with a comparison of a quote from your novel with a quote from theirs. It must be a different quote from each of you. And, you must discuss how similar your messages about war are based on the example from the quote. 

-Second, find 4 quotes from the first third of your novel to analyze. Quotes should be moments that stood out or seemed significant to YOU. (There aren't specific quotes that fit this assignment best, and using the same quotes as others reading your novel will look suspicious.)

• In your analysis, explain which literary terms each quote could be identified as---list any and all literary terms that apply. 
• Choose two quotes to go into a deeper explanation of what they helped you better understand about the story and how they helped showcase a specific literary term.

-Third, based on the textual evidence you chose, write a statement that addresses your message about war (so far).  

To exceed: Respond to someone else’s post with a comparison of a quote from your novel with a quote from theirs (it could be someone reading the same thing, could also be someone reading something else). It must be a different quote from each of you. And, you must discuss at least two things about how the quotes compare/contrast one another. 

-Second, find 4 quotes from the first third of your novel to analyze. Quotes should be moments that stood out or seemed significant to YOU. (There aren't specific quotes that fit this assignment best, and using the same quotes as others reading your novel will look suspicious.)

-In your analysis, explain which literary terms each quote could be identified as---list any and all literary terms that apply. 

-Choose two quotes to go into a deeper explanation of what they helped you better understand about the story and how they helped showcase a specific literary term.

-Third, based on the textual evidence you chose, write a statement that addresses your message about war (so far).  

To exceed: Respond to someone else’s post with a comparison of a quote from your novel with a quote from theirs (it could be someone reading the same thing, could also be someone reading something else). It must be a different quote from each of you. And, you must discuss at least two things about how the quotes compare/contrast one another. 

Choose two poems that you feel most comfortable with and analyze the following for each poem individually: 

• What are the two most significant literary terms that appear in each poem to you? 
  • Which literary terms stood out the most to you? Which ones helped you understand the poem the most?
• Include two quotes from each poem that showcase one literary term each. Explain which literary term they represent. 
  • Include MLA citation for all quotes that have the author's last name and line number. For example (Turner 1). If using more than one line, include backslashes within the quotes to indicate line breaks. 
• Explain how those literary terms helped you understand the author’s perspective on war.
  • What is the author’s perspective on war? What is a message you took away from each poem?

Because you have to answer the prompts for two separate poems, you can either include them both in the same reply or respond to this topic twice, once for each poem. 

To Exceed: Choose another student's response to reply to. Find a quote from a different poem than one that appears in the student's post, but uses one of the same literary terms and discuss the similarities and differences in the message your quote shows.

Lastly, it is highly recommended that you draft your work elsewhere (like Google Docs) so that you have the opportunity to correct any spelling/grammar, and also in case the forum doesn't save and post your response.