Samurai Garden Close Reading (Pages 73-95) In-class assignment (complete, if you were absent, on your own),

Poetic Language in Samurai’s Garden Names _______________________
20 points _______________________

Part I:
1. Choose a passage from pgs.73-95 to read closely. Try to choose a passage that strikes you as particularly descriptive, important, or beautiful. It should be between 5 and 10 sentences long. Transcribe the passage, in your neatest handwriting, here:

























2. Look at the passage as if it is a poem. On the passage, above, note the details of language that you look for when studying poetry (word choice, tone/mood, sentence/line length, natural/sensory imagery, metaphors/similes, space between words, etc.). Also note any other observations about the way Tsukiyama uses language. (7 points)

3. Summarize your observations about the particular mood/tone of this passage, and how Gail Tsukiyama achieves this (3 points).






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Part II:
1. Explain what this passage shows you, the reader, about each of the characters involved. (Note what they do and don’t say/think. Read between the lines.) (2 points)







2. How does this passage contribute to the plot of The Samurai’s Garden, as a whole? Think about how it moves the plot forward; what it shows about characters’ emotions; etc. (2 points)





3. Look at the list of themes on your Samurai’s Garden theme chart. Name two themes that are relevant to this passage. Explain the presence of this theme in this particular passage using specific words/phrases from the passage to describe the relevant theme. Lastly, explain what you think Gail Tsukiyama’s message about this theme is. (6 points)

a. Theme 1: _______________________
Explain:




What do you think Gail Tsukiyama’s message about this theme is?



b. Theme 2: _______________________
Explain:



What do you think Gail Tsukiyama’s message about this theme is?