1. Dillard’s thesis is implied. What is the thesis of this essay? Identify three
ideas she uses to support this thesis.
The thesis of the essay Sojourners is “we are rooted in it; we are bearing it with us
across nowhere.” Three ideas she uses to support this thesis are comparing
mangroves to humans, space and the ocean.
2. What is the audience and purpose for this essay? How do you know?
The audience for this essay is anyone with a deep understanding of the English
language. The purpose of this essay is to show readers that humans are sojourners
that are similar to mangroves. I know this because both mangroves and humans go
wherever the wind or water may take them.
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3. Dillard was a poet before she was an essayist. Her essays use many of
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the techniques of poetry, for example, figurative language, imagery,
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sensory appeal, and rhythm. Choose three sentences or phrases that you
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find particularly poetic. Identify three poetic techniques Dillard uses
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and describe their effect on the reader.
Three sentences that I found particularly poetic were “There is the red mangrove,
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the yellow, the button, and the black”, “It is strange here, not quite warm enough,
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or too warm, too leafy, or incredible, or windy, or dead” and “They are all short,
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messy trees, waxy-leaved, laced all over with aerial roots, woody arching
buttresses, and weird leathery berry pods.” Three poetic techniques the author uses
are metaphor, imagery and personification. The effect of metaphor on the reader
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4. What do you notice about the way this essay is organized? How are the
ideas connected?
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5. What makes this method of organization effective?
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6. Dillard uses an extended metaphor, comparing us and our planet to the
wandering mangrove islands. Think of another metaphor you could use
to describe the condition of life on our planet and explain it.
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ideas she uses to support this thesis.
The thesis of the essay Sojourners is “we are rooted in it; we are bearing it with us
across nowhere.” Three ideas she uses to support this thesis are comparing
mangroves to humans, space and the ocean.
2. What is the audience and purpose for this essay? How do you know?
The audience for this essay is anyone with a deep understanding of the English
language. The purpose of this essay is to show readers that humans are sojourners
that are similar to mangroves. I know this because both mangroves and humans go
wherever the wind or water may take them.
m
er as
3. Dillard was a poet before she was an essayist. Her essays use many of
co
the techniques of poetry, for example, figurative language, imagery,
eH w
sensory appeal, and rhythm. Choose three sentences or phrases that you
o.
find particularly poetic. Identify three poetic techniques Dillard uses
rs e
ou urc
and describe their effect on the reader.
Three sentences that I found particularly poetic were “There is the red mangrove,
o
the yellow, the button, and the black”, “It is strange here, not quite warm enough,
aC s
or too warm, too leafy, or incredible, or windy, or dead” and “They are all short,
vi y re
messy trees, waxy-leaved, laced all over with aerial roots, woody arching
buttresses, and weird leathery berry pods.” Three poetic techniques the author uses
are metaphor, imagery and personification. The effect of metaphor on the reader
ed d
ar stu
4. What do you notice about the way this essay is organized? How are the
ideas connected?
is
I noticed that the way this essay is organized
Th
5. What makes this method of organization effective?
This method of organization is effective because
sh
6. Dillard uses an extended metaphor, comparing us and our planet to the
wandering mangrove islands. Think of another metaphor you could use
to describe the condition of life on our planet and explain it.
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