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1、TemplatesforWritingAnalyticalStatementsthatConnectDevicetoMeaning:LIdent讦ytheauthor'srhetoricalorstylisticchoiceandprovidethecontextinwhichitappearsinthetext.2.Connectthedictiontothemeaningof也jstext.Avoidgenericcommentary.Payattentiontoyourowndictionasyouexplai
2、ntheeffectsoftheauthor'swordchoice・DictionTemplate:Thephrase*usedtodescribe/identifyconveys*orthenoun,verb,adjective,adverbExample:Thephrase,"athinbeardofivy,"usedtodescribeGatsby'smansionconveysthesenseofSvntaxTemplate:Thefunctionsto.Example:Gatsby'sinterrupte
3、dsentencesdramatizehisnervousnessandhesitationashediscusseshisupcomingmeetingwithDaisyatNick'sbungalow.Gatsbysays,"Why,Ithought—why,lookhere,oldsport,youdon'tmakeverymuchmoney,doyou?"ImageryTemplate:Theimageofdepictsa[picture/sense/state,etc.]ofbecausethereader
4、(sees/envisions/realizes)thatExample:Theimageofan"argument…pull[ing]〃Nickbacktotheparty"asifwithropes"conveyshishelplessstruggletogetawayfromthegatheringinTomandMyrtle'sapartmentatthesametimethatitdramatizeshisfascinationwiththeeventsthatareoccurring.MetaphorTe
5、mplate:Thesubjectofiscomparedto.Thisisfitting/apt/tellingcomparisonbecauseandsharethesecharacteristics:(a)and(b)Example:Inhis"IHaveADream"speech,MartinLutherKing,Jr.comparestheconditionofpovertytoa"lonelyisland."Thisisafittingcomparisonbecausepovertyandalonelyi
6、slandsharethesecharacteristics:(a)isolationandalienationfromthe"vastoceanofmaterialprosperity"whichsurroundsthemand(b)botharesmall,singledout,vulnerable,andsurroundedbysomethin£theydorftpossess.SvmbolTemplate:The(concreteimage)symbolizes(abstractimage)forbecaus
7、eitrepresentsExample:ThepearlsDaisyBuchananrescuesfromthetrashandsubsequentlywears"aroundherneck"symbolizeherultimatechoiceofmoneyoverlovebecausetheyrepresentTom'svastwealth(theywere"valuedatthreehundredandfiftythousanddollars")incontrasttoGatsby'savowaloflove,
8、symbolizedbythelettershe"wouldrftletgoof."DetailTemplate:Thedetailofconveys.Theauthorwantsthereadertosee.Example:ThedetailofthestringofpoloponiesTomBuchananbroughteastwithhi
