Demonstrate an understanding of literary analysis
Ralph Waldo Emerson "Nature": How does Emerson personify (give human qualities to) nature? Does this
personification strengthen or weaken his argument?
Frederick Douglass Narrative in the Life of a Slave: How does Douglass maintain his religious faith when his
owners use theirs to justify treatment of him? How does Douglass differentiate his faith from theirs?
Emily Dickinson 202, 260, 409, 764: Choose ONE of Emily Dickinson's poems (202 260, 409, OR 764).
Choose ONE of these topics: life, love, imagination, social adversity, mortality, eternity. What is the main point
Emily Dickinson is trying to make about the topic you selected in the poem you selected? (In other words, what
is the theme of the selected poem)?
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