This section of the text provides a unique opportunity to understand how an author’s use of language can create a setting that is either majestic or menacing.
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (Anchor Text), Chapters 16-18
Read and annotate chapters 16 -18 of anchor text and complete reading quiz on StudySync (M)
Complete section 7 of the reading guide (M)
Participate in Socratic Seminar #7 (M)
Final draft of reading guide prompt #7 (M)
Skill: Figurative Language* (S)
3.7 Notes (S)
Skill: Reasons and Relevant Evidence* (S)
The storm Tea Cake and Janie survive is threatening, and their experience of it is likewise surreal. Analyze how this text uses surrealism to emphasize the seriousness or unusualness of the situation these characters find themselves in. Cite specific evidence from both texts to support your analysis.
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