Class critical reading exercise

Get together with two people to analyze one of these paragraphs of "A Windstorm in the Forest"

1.

2.

7.

9.

10.

11. and 12.

14.

15.

18-19-20.

Here are some things to look for:

beginning, middle and end--climax

central impression and point

transitions from previous and to next paragraph

relation to chapter title and to first paragraph

emotional buildup or contrast

interesting uses of language

—sound and sense

--metaphor

--personification

--paradox(surprise)

-- factual observations and causal explanations