Your analysis of Lorde’s audience, with evidence from the chapter that supports that analysis
Details
Demographics
Age
Gender
Socio-economic status
Race/ethnicity

Knowledge
How much background knowledge does the audience have about her topic?
How much does the audience know about the situations she discusses?
How much is the audience likely to know about the people or groups she discusses?

Beliefs
What do members of Lorde’s audience believe about her topic?
What are members of Lorde’s audience likely to believe about the people or groups she describes?
Is her audience likely to agree or disagree with her about the issue?

Values
With respect to her issue, what does her audience consider important?
What do members of Lorde’s audience value that she connects to her issue?
What abstract values (freedom, equality, etc.) do members of her audience consider more important than other values?

Even the insistent cough of the woman next to him wasn't enough to draw his eyes away from the tiny type of the ancient book its pages were brittle and felt like they could crumble at the slightest disturbance he noticed the musty odor if each page as he carefully it over.

Read the excerpt from chapter 18 in frankenstein. alas! to me the idea of an immediate union with my elizabeth was one of horror and dismay. i was bound by a solemn promise which i had not yet fulfilled and dared not break, or if i did, what manifold miseries might not impend over me and my devoted family! could i enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground? i must perform my engagement and let the monster depart with his mate before i allowed myself to enjoy the delight of a union from which i expected peace. examine this excerpt to analyze the way the author’s choice of words adds to the meaning and impacts the tone of this portion of frankenstein. what does victor mean when he talks about “this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground”? how do these words affect the tone at this point in the story? use examples and evidence from the text to support your analysis. frankenstein chapter 18

“what i heard was abominable,” said utterson. “it can make no change. you do not understand my position,” returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner. “i am painfully situated, utterson; my position is a very strange—a very strange one. it is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.” –the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, robert louis stevenson write two to three sentences explaining how this passage creates suspense.