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Use these essay questions as writing and critical thinking exercises for all levels of writers, and to build their literary analysis skills by requiring textual references throughout the essay.
Differentiation Suggestion: For English learners or struggling writers, strategies that work well include graphic organizers, sentence frames or starters, group work, or oral responses.
Scaffolded Essay Questions
Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the bulleted outlines below. Cite details from the text over the course of your response that serve as examples and support.
1. Throughout the story, Joyce intertwines the concepts of Catholicism and adoration from the narrator’s point of view.
2. In his quest for love, the narrator also finds himself grappling with his own immaturity and naivety.
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An Encounter
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A Painful Case
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Clay
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Counterparts
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Dubliners
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Eveline
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Finnegans Wake
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Ivy Day in the Committee Room
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The Boarding House
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The Dead
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The Sisters
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Two Gallants
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Ulysses
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