Part A Read this excerpt from the argumentative text In Praise of Slacking. In the

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“gazing lazily”creates a relaxed mood and suggests the positive effects               of taking a break"

Guiding QuestionsAnalysis to Include​​

What connections did you make?​

Was your title prediction accurate?

Based on the title of the poem, I predict it will be about dreams or goals.  

What words and phrases stood out to you?​

What feelings did they evoke?​

What did you notice about Johnson’s sentence structure?​

How did Johnson create a certain pace or rhythm in the text?

I noticed that the lines of the two stanzas were very short. It created a sense of abruptness. The lines “The break in the heart” “The cry of the heart/ 'Till it ceases to beat” stood out because they evoked feelings of sadness. These lines help the reader understand the feeling and meaning of the poem in that when dreams end, there is a sadness to life. There is an abcb rhyme scheme in each stanza.​

How did Johnson’s word choice and syntax impact your understanding of the poem?​

How did her word choice and syntax convey her feelings about dreams?

The shortness of the lines, use of strong verbs such as “ceases,” and the repeated image of the heart breaking and ceasing to beat helped the reader understand the importance of not giving up on dreams. For when someone no longer pursues a dream, life is dull and empty.

Explanation:

Emerson uses irony to illustrate the unreasonable judgment that was made against Brown.

Irony is a rhetorical device in which what appears to be the case on the surface is radically different from what is actually the case. Emerson argues that slavery is an absurd institution because it forces the governor to hang a man who he believes to be of the most integrity, truthfulness and courage possible. The situation is ironic because you would expect a man so valued by the governor to be highly appreciated, and not condemned and killed.