Question

Select one of the prompts below and follow the directions. 1. Experiencing. Imagine yourself as Elisa, and write an essay describing what your life is like 10 years after this story takes place. 2. Interpreting. At the end of the passage, Elisa whispers, “That’s a bright direction, There’s a glowing there.” Write an essay explaining what you think Elisa means by those words. Support your explanation using references from the story. 3. Evaluating. Elisa’s character expresses a universal longing to reach beyond our circumstances—to be more and do more. Find a character in another story from this

Answer 1

unit that shares Elisa’s longing. For each character, explain how the author conveys this universal longing and makes the reader empathize with the character. How are the two characters similar and different? With which character do you feel the strongest empathy, and why? (10 points)