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Long Way Gone, Intro and Chapter One

English Classes

1A Advanced Composition

Date Due

Oct. 29, 2014

Additional Info

Read the first page of Beah’s memoir (header, “New York City, 1998). Examine each line carefully, and write a paragraph that analyzes the language (strategies, diction, syntax, etc) Beah uses to begin his story. Reference specific text, and explain thoroughly.

Read the first chapter for Wednesday. Develop and write your own plan for analyzing the language Beah uses in his memoir. How will you address the techniques and strategies Beah uses to tell his story?  You can use one of the annotation anagrams attached to this assignment, or you can develop your own.  If you develop your own, please be specific about what you're choosing to do and why. 

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