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The AP LIT Paragraph Sample paragraph based on the 2019 Prompt on P.K Page’s “The Landlady” Directions : Read over the following paragraph (keep in mind that this is the second paragraph of a full essay). With the highlight tool, color code the following portions of the paragraph. THE CLAIM TEXTUAL EVIDENCE THE EXPLANATION

The landlady’s insatiable dependence on others is more fundamental to her existence than can be understood by anyone with a joyful life of their own. Page equips stanza four with active physical verbs, such as “unlocks” (line 14) and “searches” (line 15), portraying the physical aspect of her reliance on others’ lives. She actively gathers physical evidence of their goings-on. Page follows this with active emotional verbs characterizing stanza five. As the landlady “wonders” (line 17) and “dreams” (line 18) of what happens in the unavailable portions of the boarders’ lives, her mindscape is established as being shaped by what “they” (lines 17 and 18), the boarders, do. Page then takes this concept to a new depth with the reappearance of the subject-less active verb in line 30 to show that the landlady “prays” based on her hopes with regard to the boarders. This audience in response feels disgusted by the physical violations of privacy and irked by the mental dedication the landlady spends on virtual strangers, but her spiritual reliance on them is apparently not her choice. This can rather be seen as a condition that the landlady is forced to live with, establishing complex conflict in the audience between disapproval and empathy.