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aCTIvITy 3.11
Seeing Is believing
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Quickwrite, Graphic Organizer, Discussion Groups
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Interpret literal and figurative meanings in multiple texts.
• Write a character analysis, analyzing a character in relation to a motif of the novel.
Novel Study
In this activity, you will interpret literal and figurative meanings in the novel Tangerine and then write a character analysis.
1. The verse below uses the imagery of sight and blindness. How is the use of this imagery similar to the use of the imagery in Tangerine?
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That sav’d a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.
2. What are the literal meanings of the imagery of sight and blindness? What are possible figurative or symbolic meanings?
Literal:
Firgurative:
3. Reread the flashback at the end of Paul’s entry for October 5 starting with
“I stared hard into the backyard.” When is Paul referring to “seeing” in a literal sense, and when do you think he is being figurative?
Literal:
Figurative:
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