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Read the following sentence for comprehension:
SENTENCE #1:
"There was the huge tree asleep yet in the paling moonlight, and small and silly Sylvia began with utmost bravery to mount to the top of it, with tingling, eager blood coursing the channels of her whole frame, with her bare feet and fingers, that pinched and held like bird's claws to the monstrous ladder reaching up, up, almost to the sky itself."
Question 1
1.
Write a paraphrase of the sentence you just read:
Self-assess: look at my paraphrase from the previous question (the "correct answer") to answer the following question.
Question 2
2.
What did you omit in your paraphrase that was an important image to understand in this sentence? Why did you not include it in your paraphrase?
Question 3
3.
Underline the key WORDS that you would analyze to prove how Sylvia feels about this nighttime experience.
Question 4
4.
Using Sentence #1 as the text, write a thesis that answers the question, "how does Sylvia feel about this nighttime event?"
Question 5
5.
Analyze the word "channels" in a way that proves your thesis as I have modeled for you with my thesis and with the word "yet".
Question 6
6.
Write a correctly structured analytical argumentative paragraph, or two, in response to the prompt.
