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Helps keep the focus where the prompt will state —or imply— it needs to be Helps avoid falling into plot summary

Shakespeare has Hamlet decline to kill the praying Claudius Hamlet decides not to kill Claudius while he is praying. “Then he…” … because he wants us to see that Hamlet…. Why?

Rich introduces the storm metaphor in line 7 There is a storm metaphor in line 7. “And there’s a…” … to emphasize the similarities between…. Why?

Morrison presents us with Pilate, a woman without a navel Pilate has no navel. “And First Corinthians…” to reinforce the suggestion that the character she is creating…. Why?

García-Márquez has Remedios the Beauty rise into the sky and out of sight Remedios the Beauty ascends into the sky and out of sight. “And then…” to create in the reader a sensation of…. Why?

Recent poetry prompts (“Q1”) 2013 analyze how Oliver [poet Mary Oliver] conveys the relationship between the tree and family through the use of figurative language and other poetic techniques analyze how poetic devices help to convey the speaker’s complex attitude toward desire analyze how the poet conveys the complex relationship of the father and the son through the use of literary devices such as point of view and structure analyzing how Waniek [poet Marilyn Nelson Waniek] uses literary techniques to develop the complex meanings that the speaker attributes to The Century Quilt. You may wish to consider such elements as structure, imagery, and tone. 2009b analyze how Field [poet Edward Field] employs literary devices in adapting the Icarus myth to a contemporary setting analyze how Shakespeare uses elements such as allusion, figurative language, and tone to convey Wolsey’s complex response to his dismissal from court.

Recent prose prompts (“Q2”) 2013 analyze how Lawrence employs literary devices to characterize the woman and capture her situation analyze the development of Estrella’s character. In your analysis, you may wish to consider such literary elements as selection of detail, figurative language, and tone B analyze how Highway [writer Thomas Highway] uses literary devices to dramatize Okimasis’ experience analyze how Eliot portrays these two characters and their complex relationship as husband and wife. You may wish to consider such literary devices as narrative perspective and selection of detail B analyze how Clair [writer Maxine Clair] uses literary techniques to characterize the adult narrator’s memories of her fifth-grade summer world analyze Clarence Hervey’s complex character as Edgeworth develops it through such literary techniques as tone, point of view, and language.

So... Use the writers’ names often Never tell what they do without telling why