Free Response Question

1. Read  "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell  Story Link in the Attachment  

FRQ PROMPT: In a paragraph in which you make a defensible claim explaining how Orwell uses narrative voice to convey a complex attitude towards his dilemma with the

elephant. 

In your paragraph, you should incorporate at least THREE pieces of evidence from the text to support your claim.  

In your response you should do the following: Respond to the prompt with a claim that presents an interpretation. Select and use evidence to develop and support your interpretation. Explain the relationship between the evidence and your interpretation. Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument. 

2. Read Tillie Olson's short story "I Stand Here Ironing,"    Story Link in the Attachment  

 FRQ PROMPT: write a paragraph in which you make a defensible claim regarding how the point of view conveys a complex attitude towards motherhood. 

In your paragraph, you should incorporate at least THREE pieces of evidence from the text to support your claim. 

In your response you should do the following: Respond to the prompt with a claim that presents an interpretation. Select and use evidence to develop and support your interpretation. Explain the relationship between the evidence and your interpretation. Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.