Note: this assignment should take you no more than 40 minutes. Please time yourself.
Poem to be found in your reader on page 16.
In-class Essay on “The Crabs”
Your essay should have:
brief introduction (1-2 sentences) in which you:
--identify the speaker and the dramatic situation (what’s literally happening)
--include a thesis statement
body paragraphs in which you embed specific words and/or phrasing from the poem and explain in your own words what you’re quoting and why it’s significant.
one or two sentence conclusion in which you try to build on your thesis (if time)
Here is the topic for “The Crabs”:
Identify a significant contrast or conflict in the poem and discuss how the word choice and images create the contrast or conflict.