Bellringer: What is a LINK? What does it do?

What is LINK? Link…. connects claim to evidence: How does the evidence/example support the claim? is reasonable interpretation of evidence. will not make leaps. will not assume more than the evidence supports.

Main Idea and Evidence Marie Overlord creates a dramatic tone because of her use of figurative language. In “Candyland: The Game of Champions,” Overlord points out that winners of Candyland like they have “conquered the highest mountain” using “the magic of the colorful cards that advance them through the game of obstacles.”

Main Idea and Evidence Zora Neale Hurston creates a brave tone in “How it feels to be Colored Me” as shown in her sentence structure. She states, “I do not belong to that sobbing school of Negrohood.” Later in the piece she writes about facing discrimination, “It astonishes me” and “It’s beyond me.”

Main Idea and Evidence Zora Neale Hurston creates a brave tone in “How it feels to be Colored Me” as shown in her sentence structure. She states, “I do not belong to that sobbing school of Negrohood.” Later in the piece she writes about facing discrimination, “It astonishes me” and “It’s beyond me.”

Main Idea and Evidence Zora Neale Hurston has a bright tone by using imagery. She talks about people passing by her house as she sits ready to meet them. “It was a gallery seat for me,” she says showing her excitement for the visitors. She would wave and welcome them to Florida with greetings of “Howdy-do!”

Main Idea and Evidence Zora Neale Hurston has a bright tone by using imagery. She talks about people passing by her house as she sits ready to meet them. “It was a gallery seat for me,” she says showing her excitement for the visitors. She would wave and welcome them to Florida with greetings of “Howdy-do!”

Indicators of Evidence

TASK: What questions should you answer when you write a LINK for your Ehrenreich paragraph? Write two, one on each board. Facts: Your paragraph will prove that Ehrenreich’s tone is establish by using an element of voice (diction, syntax, figurative language, imagery). Your paragraph must include text support (quotations or paraphrasing) from “Cancerland.” LINK is a connection between your EVIDENCE and your MAIN IDEA.

What questions should you answer in your paragraph? How does the ____(voice element)_________ create the tone that you picked? How does _____(word or phrase)____ create the tone that you picked? Why did Ehrenreich write _________? What assumptions can we make from Ehrenreich’s choices?

Common problems with LINK Broad/Vague/Obvious Circular reasoning Only Summarizing Evidence Ignoring Evidence Too Narrow

Example 1 Marie Overlord creates a dramatic tone because of her use of figurative language. In “Candyland: The Game of Champions,” Overlord points out that winners of Candyland feel like they have “conquered the highest mountain” using “the magic of the colorful cards that advance them through the game of obstacles.” This figurative language is dramatic because she uses dramatic comparisons.

Common problems with LINK Broad/Vague/Obvious Circular reasoning Only Summarizing Evidence Ignoring Evidence Too Narrow

Example 2 Zora Neale Hurston creates a brave tone in “How it feels to be Colored Me” as shown in her sentence structure. She states, “I do not belong to that sobbing school of Negrohood.” Later in the piece she writes about facing discrimination, “It astonishes me” and “It’s beyond me.” When she says this, she sounds brave because brave people say what they mean and mean what they say. It is not easy to show bravery, but Hurston does it when she rejects things that are negative.

Common problems with LINK Broad/Vague/Obvious Circular reasoning Only Summarizing Evidence Ignoring Evidence Too Narrow

Example 3 Zora Neale Hurston has a bright tone by using imagery. She talks about people passing by her house as she sits ready to meet them. “It was a gallery seat for me,” she says showing her excitement for the visitors. She would wave and welcome them to Florida with greetings of “Howdy-do!” When people say howdy-do, it is a fun greeting. Other greetings are not as fun as this. It makes people smile when children say silly things.

Common problems with LINK Broad/Vague/Obvious Circular reasoning Only Summarizing Evidence Ignoring Evidence Too Narrow

Example 4 In the story “Black Boy,” Richard Wright creates a bleak tone in the beginning of the story with his word choice. He refers to his home as “dead” and “strange.” Wright goes on to describe his own father by calling him a “stranger.” These words show that his world was strange to him and that sounds very bleak and sad. He describes his father in a very sad way.

Common problems with LINK Broad/Vague/Obvious Circular reasoning Only Summarizing Evidence Ignoring Evidence Too Narrow

Example 5 “Welcome to the City” has a hopeless tone because of Ignacio Perea’s syntactical choices. He many asks questions in a row. For example, “Who will help this land? When will enough be enough? What do we have left and what more are we supposed to give?” These are questions about the city asking when someone will come help because it has gone too far. They also tell us that there is nothing remaining to give.

Common problems with LINK Broad/Vague/Obvious Circular reasoning Only Summarizing Evidence Ignoring Evidence Too Narrow

Example 6 Frederick Douglass creates a horrific tone in “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” with his choice of words. He states that compared to the United States no nation is “more shocking and bloody.” He also calls the conduct of the country as “hideous and revolting.” Douglass wants people to see that the Fourth of July is bad. His tone shows that he is not happy with the nation.

Common problems with LINK Broad/Vague/Obvious Circular reasoning Only Summarizing Evidence Ignoring Evidence Too Narrow

Zora Neale Hurston has a bright tone by using imagery. Hurston talks about people passing by her house as she sits ready to meet them. “It was a gallery seat for me,” she says showing her excitement for the visitors. It is easy to picture her looking from her porch and greeting people. Hurston seems young, innocent and carefree. The reader simply pictures this small “colored” girl greeting these “Northerners.” She writes that she would wave and welcome them to Florida with greetings of “Howdy-do!” and have a “queer exchange of compliments.” Hurston allows the reader to hear the loud greeting from the young version of herself followed by the murmured and forced exchange of compliments. These opposite add to the bright tone because of the fact that such a young girl was making a show of herself even though it made other people so uncomfortable.

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