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SESSION TWO - Part A Directions: Read the passages on the following pages (a memoir and a
poem). Write the number of the answer to each multiple-choice question
on your answer sheet. Then write the essay in your essay booklet as
described in Your Task. You may use the margins to take notes as you
read and scrap paper to plan your response. Your Task:
After you have read the passages and answered the multiple-choice
questions, write a unified essay about the experience of visiting libraries as
revealed in the passages. In your essay, use ideas from both passages to
establish a controlling idea about the experience of visiting libraries. Using
evidence from each passage, develop your controlling idea and show how
the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea. Guidelines:
Be sure to
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Use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about the
experience of visiting libraries
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Use specific and relevant evidence from each passage to develop your
controlling idea
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Show how each author uses specific literary elements (for example:
theme, characterization, structure, point of view) or techniques (for
example: symbolism, irony, figurative language) to convey the
controlling idea
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Organize your ideas in a logical and coherent manner
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Use language that communicates ideas effectively
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Follow the conventions of standard written English
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