Dr. Mandler In-Class Passage Analysis Assignment SAMPLE Jane Eyre British Literature/AP Psych and Lit Fully analyze the passage below. For you to receive full credit, you will have to do the following: * Contextualize the passage (During which part of Jane’s journey does this passage occur?) * Identify some figures of speech and fully describe what they do in the passage * Describe what effects the figures of speech you identified have on furthering your understanding of Jane’s character development * Organize your response in paragraphs that deal with specific sections of the passage and connect specific details to general themes in the novel. Your response should be written in a formal tone. Pay careful attention to such mechanics of the English language as syntax, word choice, spelling, grammar and paragraph cohesion. The more developed your response, the better. Warning: producing a lengthy plot summary is NOT what this task requires of you. Give only as much of the plot as is necessary to put the passage into context. You will have approximately 40 minutes in which to compose, proofread, and minimally revise your response. Use your time wisely. cried Grace. The three gentlemen retreated simultaneously. Mr. Rochester “‘Ware!” flung me behind him: the lunatic sprang and grappled his throat viciously, and laid her teeth to his cheek: they struggled. She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was. He could have settled her with a well-planted blow; but he would not strike: he would only wrestle. At last he mastered her arms; Grace Poole gave him a cord, and he pinioned them behind her: with more rope, which was at hand, he bound her to a chair. The operation was performed amidst the fiercest yells and the most convulsive plunges. Mr. Rochester then turned to the spectators: he looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate.
Dr. Mandler Jane Eyre In-Class Passage Analysis Assignment SAMPLE British Literature/AP Psych and Lit Fully analyze the passage below. For you to receive full credit, you will have to do the following: * Contextualize the passage (During which part of Jane’s journey does this passage occur?) * Identify some figures of speech and fully describe what they do in the passage * Describe what effects the figures of speech you identified have on furthering your understanding of Jane’s character development * Organize your response in paragraphs that deal with specific sections of the passage and connect specific details to general themes in the novel. Your response should be written in a formal tone. Pay careful attention to such mechanics of the English language as syntax, word choice, spelling, grammar and paragraph cohesion. The more developed your response, the better. Warning: producing a lengthy plot summary is NOT what this task requires of you. Give only as much of the plot as is necessary to put the passage into context. You will have approximately 40 minutes in which to compose, proofread, and minimally revise your response. Use your time wisely. “‘Ware!” cried Grace. The three gentlemen retreated simultaneously. Mr. Rochester flung me behind him: the lunatic sprang and grappled his throat viciously, and laid her teeth to his cheek: they struggled. She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was. He could have settled her with a well-planted blow; but he would not strike: he would only wrestle. At last he mastered her arms; Grace Poole gave him a cord, and he pinioned them behind her: with more rope, which was at hand, he bound her to a chair. The operation was performed amidst the fiercest yells and the most convulsive plunges. Mr. Rochester then turned to the spectators: he looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate.
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