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Unit 9: Longer Fiction or Drama III

Quick questions on Interpreting the work as a whole - AP English Literature Unit 9

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What is a thesis about a part, not the whole?
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A claim about one scene cannot interpret the work. State a claim broad enough to cover the whole text.
What is q1?
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What does "an interpretation of the work as a whole" require? [Recall]
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You want to write about a single recurring object in a novel. How do you make it an interpretation of the whole? [Short explanation]

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