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4. Use your Reader/Writer Notebook to continue adding to your personal
vocabulary list. Identify, record, and define (in context) at least five new words. my Notes
5. Interpret the hero’s boon: What did the hero achieve through this journey?
6. Which characteristics helped the hero to achieve the boon? Explain.
Writing Introductory Paragraphs
7. Read and analyze the samples of introductory paragraphs below. Which one would be used to write an essay structured as compare/contrast? Which would introduce an essay based on a different expository organizational structure?
Sample 1
People say that kids are a lot like their parents, but in Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron,” this is definitely not the case. Harrison Bergeron, the protagonist, and Hazel Bergeron, Harrison’s mother, have close to nothing in common. Hazel is completely average and therefore content, while her son is completely superior and therefore rebellious.
Sample 2
A hero must be willing to take risks and have the courage to go against the norm to help others. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut is a story of how society holds back its most talented members in search of the supposed ideal of equality. Harrison Bergeron, the protagonist, is a would-be hero who is struck down before he has the opportunity to begin, much less complete, his hero’s journey.
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