ENGL 101 If Beale Street Could Talk Paper

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If Beale Street Could Talk – Significant Line

Writing Directions: Refer to the novel If Beale Street Could Talk and the pages we read so far (Up to page 38) and write a short response responding to the following

– Choose a line from these pages that you find important or especially significant

– Develop your essay by identifying one idea from these pages that you feel is especially

significant, and explain its significance (Remember to include what is going on in the novel at

this point in time)

– Support your claims with evidence FROM THE NOVEL

– Connect this line to the outside world with examples drawn from what you have read,

learned in school, and/or personally experienced.

– Remember to review your essay and make any changes or corrections that will help your

readers follow your thinking