Journal #4 -- The Explication

Use your journal entry to explain or describe an element of fiction (See ch 4 in Gardner's Writing about Literature)-- plot, character, point of view, setting, theme, symbol, and style in the story, "The Tenth of January" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. For example. you could identify a symbol and explain its potential meanings; explain a figure of speech and its significance in the tale; note the presence of irony and how it shapes your reading; try to distinguish the narrator and point of view of the selection and how that affects the text. Give a specific example from the text and write 200-300 words. Post on your blog before class on Sept. 13. (You can find the story here: http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a1730.pdf)

Bio on Phelps: http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/auth/phelps.htm