The+Open+Boat

**The Open Boat by Stephen Crane Close Reading and Annotation Review Exercise**  Reviewing Many Skills Learned This Semester ** You will find the related files below. ** **Learning Goals:** **You will demonstrate your understanding of:**
 * how to read and annotate a text to prepare to write about it;
 * how authors develop themes, the naturalist theme;
 * how to identify the protagonist and antagonist;
 * how to discern primary and secondary themes;
 * how to recognize patterns/motifs and discern the significance of them;
 * how authors can use imagery, diction, and syntax to express mood;.
 * how to infer the meaning of words using context clues;
 * how to discern third person omniscient and third person limited narrative styles;
 * how authors use personification and anthropomorphism to bestow power on inanimate objects and animals;
 * how predictability and stereotypes can devitalize humankind;
 * how authors use irony to reveal a point of view;
 * how authors draw from life experiences;
 * how redundancy and length of a story can achieve a narrative purpose;
 * how to compare and contrast fictional and non-fictional accounts of the same event and how one can complement the other.

**Directions:** Read the story completely once before annotating it. Use the related file below to help guide you through your second reading. **Immediately after you read the story the first time:**
 * develop 5 level two, and 3 level three questions.
 * Levels of Questioning



[|The Open Boat by Stephen Crane] (pdf file) The complete text of the story [|The Open Boat Close Reading & Annotation Review Exercise] (pdf file) This is a complete exercise designed to help you prepare for a timed in-class essay assignment. [|The Sinking of the Commodore] (pdf file) Stephen Crane's journalistic account of the event that inspired his short story **NEED HELP DOWNLOADING:**
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