RI.9-10.3 Analyze how the author unfolds an analyus or series ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connectors
that are drawn between them.
4. In "The Voyage of the James Caird," Caroline Alexander describes a perilous
joumey through a series of events. Analyze how she reveals the events, examming
the order in which the events are presented and the connections between the
events
Use these guidelines in your writing or discussion
In what order are the events in the text presented?
• Why do you think the author chose the order she chose?
• What role do the journal entries play in regard to the events?
• How do the treacherous conditions affect the events?
TIP FOR WRITTEN RESPONSE
Present your ideas in a pattern that makes sense to your readers. For example, use order
of importance or chronological order to organize your ideas

That time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang in me thou sees the twilight of such day as after sunset fadeth in the west; which by and by black night doth take away, death's second self that seals up all in rest. in me thou seest the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the deathbed whereon it must expire, consumed with that which it was nourished by. this thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well, which thou must leave ere long. the first stanza compares the leafless limbs of a tree to a.yellow leaves b.sweet birds c.bare choirs d.summer

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

In “eleven” in 6th grade book collections question number 7 is how would you describe the authors style? describe some of the aspects that convey the authors style? pl