write an explication of Leonard Peltier’s “Prison Writings.”
explication is both summary and explanation, so while you will be reiterating the main points of Peltier’s’ essay, you will also be explaining why these points are relevant to the world we live in. You can explain through comparison and metaphor, but do remember that an explication is not your opinion. Rather, it is what the essay means, both explicitly and implicitly, in your own words. Thus, you will be examining the author’s intended meaning; drawing valid inferences; distinguishing fact from opinion; identifying the author’s assumptions; interpreting figurative language; examining bias in the author’s ideas and in language; examining the author’s style (diction, rhetorical devices, sentence form and variety); and finally (perhaps most importantly), how the aforementioned factors contribute to the overall meaning of the text.
