Analyze how the author evokes praise, mockery, and mourning in the poem, “The War Works Hard” through language choice, satire/sarcasm and punctuation. Be sure to:
- Begin with a thesis that responds to the prompt.
- Provide textual evidence for support.
- Analyze how the author’s use of language and structure informs and shapes the mood, voice, tone, and perception of its reader.
- Respond using literary terminology and in an appropriately formal tone, register, and voice.
Thesis: Who (Author) Does What? In order to do what?
Intro:
(Hook, background about topic, Thesis)
Topic Sentence (What this paragraph will be about)
Context for Quotation ( background about the quote you are about to use)
Quotation (be sure to use “__” (para #)
Analyze how it supports the topic sentence
Explain how this (^) shaped the mood and tone
Context for quotation
Quotation
Conclusion