In this unit, you read excerpts from naturalist and realist literary works. One such work is the novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. As you read the story, write about the topics in the table. The information you add to the table will help you complete Task 2. As you enter information in the table, consider the following questions: How do literary elements and rhetorical devices, such as foreshadowing, imagery, and symbolism affect your understanding of the story?

Where do you notice the theme of naturalism?

How does the author develop the characters in the story?

Use these strategies while reading the text. Then, use your notes to complete the table.

Guidelines

Use a highlighter

Read the story carefully and use a highlighter to call out important passages, phrases, or twists in the story.

Do not overuse the highlighter. It would defeat the purpose of emphasizing a part of the text if the majority of text is highlighted.

Add notes to the margin

In addition to highlighting the text, add comments or questions to the margin of the page.

Use a notebook

For answers that require a larger area to make notes, use a separate notebook instead of the margin.

You can also use the following link for reference:

Close reading a text

Complete the table.

Please help me.

#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

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gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job

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