Introduction

Quotations enable you to choose a striking passage to illuminate a whole work and your understanding of its shape and meaning.

Choose carefully! Quotations are memorable: they'll come back in recollection when you least expect them!

Quizzes and part of the final exam will be based on some of the spot quotations you post for the class with your comments and responses.

Instructions

Each student will post at least one quotation + comment and one response during the semester.

This is a graded assignment, 250 words maximum for comments and responses. Compose your work carefully before posting it: comment specifically on the evidence in the passage chosen; use spell check and word count; add a title that points to your conclusion.

Quotations & Comments
Choose a quotation which you think points to an important aspect of the whole work. Comment on its form, context, and general significance:

• Form: verse or prose? story or direct speech? what words are particularly significant?
  
  
• Context: What is the role of the passage in the place where it occurs in the work?
  
  
• Significance: What does this quotation show about the themes or purpose of the work as a whole? To what other key passages can it be related?
  
  

Responses
You may respond to the comments or to the quotation itself. Professor Regalado will respond online to all postings. She will hold "virtual office hours" on our Blackboard Chatroom from 7-9 PM on the eve of each quiz and the final.