"Centry Quilt" - Poetry Analysis

Question 1

step 1

Answer 1

read prompt

Question 2

step 2: diagnose prompt

Answer 2

• intro: the following poem…
• warning: read carefully
• claims: then write an essay analyzing how…
• warrants: to develop the complex…

Question 3

step 3

Answer 3

read the poem

Question 4

step 4

Answer 4

which literary devices establish the claims/warrants

Question 5

color imagery emphasize the familial relationship to the century quilt

Answer 5

• two white ones
• the yellowbrown of Mama’s cheeks
• yellow sisters
• white family

Question 6

reflective tone reveals that the speaker is considering the entire posterity of the family and the century quilt

Answer 6

• now i’ve found a quilt i’d like to die under
• each square holds a sweet gum leaf whose fingers i imagine would caress me into the silence
• i’d dream of myself, of my childhood miracles

Question 7

step 5

Answer 7

organize the essay topically (by the strength of the devices) or chronologically (by the order the devices occur in the text)

Question 8

citing quotations

Answer 8

AP does not require writers to cite quotes they use from material

Question 9

task

Answer 9

waniek uses imagery and tone to develop…

Question 10

note

Answer 10

• can use whatever devices wee want
• two part task
• the blanket i found in my sister’s bed
• represents a mixture of
• at least two meanings of the subject
• tone: gentle

Question 11

use of color to describe the features of people

Answer 11

• imagery

- many skin colors of her family