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1.3.9 Practice: Complete Your Assignment
English 9 Sem 1
Points Possible: 30
Name:
Date:
Your ASSIGNMENT
Write a two-paragraph objective summary of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." Identify
a theme of the story and explore how characterization and setting develop that theme. One paragraph
will be about character and the other paragraph will be about setting, but both paragraphs must be about
the same theme.
Your story should include the following elements:
• Two paragraphs, each about a different detail (character or setting) that shows the theme
Objective summaries that emphasize details related to each paragraph topic
• Clear, formal, academic language that shows your professionalism
You should have completed a draft of this assignment in the activity before this one. If you haven't done
So, go back and complete that activity now.
Tips for SUCCESS
Ask yourself these questions as you revise:
• Did I write two paragraphs about a theme in Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
• Did I use one paragraph to describe how the main character's development contributed to the theme?
• Did I use the other paragraph to describe how the setting contributed to the theme?
- Did I maintain a formal style and an objective tone?
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