"For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself."

--Norman Mailer
The Spooky Art, 2003


What does this quote mean? Provide a valid interpretation of this statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references. Don't forget to comment on someone else's opinion.

"When writers write from a place of insigt and real caring about the truth, they have the ability to throw the lights on for the reader." -Anne Lamott

Re-write this quote in your own words, then explain what the quote is saying.

Please write 7th grade level answers.

Re-write this quote in your own words then explain what the quote means. Give one example of a book or story that you read that proves this point.

"A story must be exceptional enough to justify its telling; it must have something more unusual to relate than the ordinary experience of every average man and woman." -Thomas Hardy

"For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself"

--Norman Mailer
The Spooky Art, 2003



What does this quote mean?

Interpret this quote in your own words, and tell if you agree or disagree. Then expalin why.

Comment on someone else's opinion.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

---Martin Luther King, Jr.
Strength to love, 1963

What does this quote mean? Provide a valid interpretaion of this quote, agree or disagree with the quote as you have interprted it and support your opinon using specific references.

Don't forget to comment on someone else's opinion.

You can make text connections.

"To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to loose everything else" ---Bernadette Delvin The Price of my Soul, 1969

What does this quote mean? Provide a valid interpretation of this statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it and support your opinion with supporting information.

You must comment on someone elses opinion and explain why you agree or disagree with their comment.

You may also use text connections.

"Good literature appeals to our intelligence and imagination, not merely to our curiosity"

---E.M. Forster

What does this quote mean? Provide a valid interpretation of this statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references. Don't forget to comment on someone else's opinion.

How does this quote relate to the author study that we are doing in class?

Make text connections.

"To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to loose everything else" ---Bernadette Devlin The Price of My Soul, 1969

What does this quote mean? Provide a valid interpretation of this statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references.

You may use text connections.

Comment on at least two of your classmate's reponses.

(Don't forget to write your first and last name and your at the end of your comment)

"If the literature we are reading does not wake us, why do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us."

---Franz Kafka
(adapted)

What does this quote mean? Provide a valid interpretation of this statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references. Don't forget to comment on someone else's opinion.