1) What? State A) what happens in the text and B) what you will claim about it. (This is a brief 3-4 sentence summary of your selected text + your personal perspective/argument about some portion of the text.)
2) How? Using specific, detailed language, explain at least two literary techniques that the author employs.
3) So what? What can be learned/realized from reading this text?
For section 3, you discuss possible cultural/historical subtexts that can be accessed through a close reading of the primary text (the poem or story or novel). (Could be War, Political or social movements/trends, Individual and social values, Family, Religion, Education, Economics, etc.)
link to source material: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/04/21/what-you-pawn-i-will-redeem
