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Analyze the author’s choices in using juxtaposition to define character perspective.
Standard #: ELA.11.R.1.3
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Standard Clarifications
Clarification 1: Juxtaposition is the technique of putting two or more elements side by side to invite comparison or contrast.

Clarification 2: The term perspective means “a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.”

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Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 11
Strand: Reading
Standard: Reading Prose and Poetry
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved
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Lesson Plan
  • I Feel Inside Out: Characters’ Thoughts, Words, and Actions # The purpose of this lesson is to provide students with an opportunity to analyze what the main character thinks, says, and does in order to support a multi-paragraph character analysis that incorporates textual evidence. The example text is Terry Trueman's Inside Out in which the main character, Zach, suffers from schizophrenia. Other suggested titles are provided.
Original Student Tutorial
  • Analyzing an Author’s Use of Juxtaposition in Jane Eyre (Part Two) # In Part Two of this two-part series, you'll continue to explore excerpts from the Romantic novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. In this tutorial, you'll examine the author's use of juxtaposition, which is a technique of putting two or more elements side by side to invite comparison or contrast. By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to explain how the author’s use of juxtaposition in excerpts from the first two chapters of Jane Eyre defines Jane’s perspective regarding her treatment in the Reed household. Make sure to complete Part One before beginning Part Two. Click HERE to view Part One. 
Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12
  • Analyzing an Author’s Use of Juxtaposition in Jane Eyre (Part Two) # In Part Two of this two-part series, you'll continue to explore excerpts from the Romantic novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. In this tutorial, you'll examine the author's use of juxtaposition, which is a technique of putting two or more elements side by side to invite comparison or contrast. By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to explain how the author’s use of juxtaposition in excerpts from the first two chapters of Jane Eyre defines Jane’s perspective regarding her treatment in the Reed household. Make sure to complete Part One before beginning Part Two. Click HERE to view Part One. 
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