English 12A: Today we concluded our overview of introduction techniques to try. You wrote two more today, bringing your total of potential introductions to three.
English Honors 9A: Today we studied the four ingredients of the introduction: hook, bridge, summary, and thesis. We also studied seven specific hook techniques (anecdote, analogy, background, news, announcement, facts and statistics, and quote).
We then copied and annotated an example paragraph, which you can find below if you didn't finish in class. Straight underline the hook, squiggly underline the bridge, box in the summary, and star the thesis.
Prompt: Is the main character in the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter”
the protagonist or antagonist?
the protagonist or antagonist?
Famous American journalist and feminist leader, Gloria Steinem, said,
“Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.”
This is the predicament Mary Maloney faces in Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter.”
In it, Mary murders her husband after it appears he is going to divorce her, and yet it’s unclear
to the reader whether Mary is villain or victim, protagonist or antagonist. But after careful
analysis of the story and the issue involved, the careful reader must conclude that,
while she is a sympathetic character, she is also the villain, for murder is always wrong,
she had alternative responses available, and the victims of her crime extend beyond just
her adulterous husband.
“Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.”
This is the predicament Mary Maloney faces in Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter.”
In it, Mary murders her husband after it appears he is going to divorce her, and yet it’s unclear
to the reader whether Mary is villain or victim, protagonist or antagonist. But after careful
analysis of the story and the issue involved, the careful reader must conclude that,
while she is a sympathetic character, she is also the villain, for murder is always wrong,
she had alternative responses available, and the victims of her crime extend beyond just
her adulterous husband.
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