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SOAPSTONE

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  • S: Sanders, lost his father, carpenter, precise man
  • O: upon the death of his father
  • A: anyone w/ traditions
  • P: share feelings on power and importance of family traditions
  • S: anecdotes, similes, allusions
  • TONE: nostalgic
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focus: anecdotes

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  • an anecdote is a short story about something that happened in one’s life
  • many argument incorporate anecdotes to connect author with reader son a more personal level or even to establish a form of credibility
  • choose anecdotes that support the argument and use anecdotes to connect with the reader
  • don’t use anecdotes that don’t apply to the argument or overly long anecdotes
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step 1

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Sanders

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step 2

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alludes

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step 3

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to the effectiveness of the methods passed down through his family for generations

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step 4

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to highlight the importance of transitions

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author uses extended metaphor to signify that it’s important to know one’s place in this world

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parallel syntax, listing

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the author incorporates allusions to convey the idea that sturdy, well constructed items should be valued

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the author’s allusions convey the message that well constructed, sturdy items should be valued

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author uses extended metaphor to signify that ti’s important to know one’s place in this world

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it uses weak verbs such as show, tell, use

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author uses extended metaphor to signify that it’s important to know one’s place in this world

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“every time I noticed it I thought of my father” “The hammer had belonged to him, and to his father”

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sanders employs figurative language to convey the idea that life can be full of purpose

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  • Sanders conveys the message figuratively that life can be full of purpose when rooted
  • “as my father would have kept them, they gleamed at me like teeth” “I saw my father testing…”
  • the author celebrated his father’s life by continuing to be a master carpenter
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sanders employs ___________________

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parallel structure

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the author uses an extended metaphor to _________

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signify that it’s important to know one’s place in this world

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