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September 11 perspectives
Word CoNNeCTIoNS
Cognates
Cognates are words or phrases in different languages that share a common root. The Spanish equivalent of the English phrase point of view
is punto de vista. Punto, like point, comes from Latin words that mean “a sharp point.” View and vista both derive from a Latin verb meaning “to see.” In both languages, the phrase means a position from which to observe others and, in literature, the narrator’s perspective.
my Notes
Working from the Text
4. Quickwrite: The novel Tangerine was first published in 1997. At that time, most people had no special associations with the date of September 11, which is the date of the sinkhole disaster in Tangerine. What are some of the connotations Americans have with that date since the events of 9/11 in 2001?
5. Review the description of the sinkhole disaster and rescue in Paul’s entry for Monday, September 11. Identify the 5Ws and an H in the description of the event.
Who: What: When: Where: Why: How:
6. What similarities are there between the nonfiction article about the historical events of 9/11 and the fictional event in Tangerine?
7. Think about the similarities and differences between the nonfictional and fictional accounts of a disaster — 9/11 in the news article and the sinkhole in the novel. Both the news article and the novel use a narrative structure, but do they have similar or different purposes? How was the journalist’s perspective of Jans Demczur similar to or different from the author’s perspective of Paul Fisher? What details let you know? If you had not known that the article was nonfiction, could you have mistaken it for a fictional narrative, and vice versa? Why or why not?
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