1. Eudora Welty “A Worn Path”
Page 758
2007 COS – 1,1a
2010 COS – RL ; RL ; Rl ;
W ; W ; W ; W ; W ;
SL ; L ; L ; L ; L
AHSGE – R.III.2; R.IV.2

2. Eudora Welty
Welty uses painstaking accuracy in colloquial, or everyday, speech in her writing

3. Literary Terms
Theme (p. 759) – the truth about life that gives meaning to the story
Theme is almost never stated directly
The theme is not the same as the subject

4. Literary Terms
Subject – topic of the story. It can usually be stated in one word.
Theme must be stated in at least one sentence.

5. Literary Terms
Archetype – a very old imaginative pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated throughout the ages. An archetype can be a character, a plot, an image, a theme, or a setting.

6. Literary Terms Internal Conflict – Occurs inside a person’s mind
External Conflict – a character struggles against a force of nature, another character, or a whole society

7. Quickwrite
Describe a journey that you or someone you know undertook. Describe the purpose of this journey, any hardships encountered, and the journey’s outcome. This journey can be an actual journey or a symbolic one.

8. As You Read . . .
The journey that Phoenix takes is an archetype used to make observations about life. As you read, make notes about the stages of Phoenix’s journey and how they correspond to the stages and events of life.

9. Activity
Using your notes on the correlations between Phoenix’s journey and life, create a five paragraph essay in which you compare the journey to life. Make sure your essay makes smooth transitions between paragraphs. Cite specific references to the story and publish your essay as instructed.