The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis (Part 2) Close Reading

& AP FRQ Practice

By Melissa Fasolino

Poll

Questions for Discussion:

After reading Part 2 of The Metamorphosis, which character do you feel deserves the most sympathy?

• Gregor

• Gregor's Mother

• Gregor's Father

• Grete

Open Ended

Why do you think Gregor clings to the photo on his bedroom wall as his mother and Grete are clearing space in his room?

Poll

After reading Part 2 of The Metamorphosis, which other character(s) has/have experienced their own metamorphosis? (You may choose more than one.)

• Gregor's Mother

• Gregor's Father

• Grete

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What is the difference between FRQ 2 (Prose Passage) & FRQ 3 (Literary Argument Essay)?

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Understanding the purpose of the writing task

​Close Reading & AP Exam

Prompts

Identify similarities and differences in the writing tasks.

FREE-RESPONSE QUESTION 3: LITERARY ARGUMENT

Free-response question 3 presents students with a literary concept or idea....Students are required to select a work of prose fiction either from their own reading or from the provided list and analyze how the literary concept or idea described in the question contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole.

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This question assesses students’ ability to do the following:

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§ Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation.

§ Provide evidence to support your line of reasoning.

§ Explain how the evidence supports your line of reasoning.

§ Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument

FRQ 3

FREE-RESPONSE QUESTION 2: PROSE FICTION ANALYSIS

Free-response question 2 presents students with a passage of prose fiction of approximately 500 to 700 words.

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This question assesses students’ ability to do the following:

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§ Respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible interpretation.

§ Select and use evidence to support your line of reasoning.

§ Explain how the evidence supports your line of reasoning.

§ Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.

​FRQ 2

Prompts

Many works of literature feature characters who have been given a literal or figurative gift. The gift may be an object, or it may be a quality such as uncommon beauty, significant social position, great mental or imaginative faculties, or extraordinary physical powers. Yet this gift is often also a burden or a handicap. Either from your own reading or from the list below, choose a work of fiction in which a character has been given a gift that is both an advantage and a problem. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how the gift and its complex nature contribute to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

FRQ 3

​FRQ 2

The following excerpt is from an 1852 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this passage, two characters who have been living on the Blithedale farm—a community designed to promote an ideal of equality achieved through communal rural living—are about to part ways. Read the passage carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how Hawthorne uses literary elements and techniques to portray the narrator’s complex attitude towards Zenobia.

In what ways are the writing tasks different?

​Essay Review & Comments

Please open your Frankenstein Essay Submission in Schoology, and read the teacher comments.

• Did you understand the writing purpose &/or task?

• Did you address what the prompt was asking? (Row A - Thesis)

• Did you write a thesis statement which: FULLY AND CLEARLY addresses ALL parts of the prompt?​

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Student Sample Essays

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FRQ 2: Prompt w/ Skeletal Outline

FRQ2: The following excerpt is from Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis (1915).  In this passage Gregor has just awoken, and he is waiting for his sister Grete to come in with his breakfast. Read the passage carefully.  Then in a well-written essay, analyze how Kafka uses literary elements and techniques to portray the complex relationship between Gregor and his sister.

Outline: In Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis, Kafka utilizes ___________, ___________ and ____________ to highlight (claim about complex relationship). This ultimately reveals that although _______________________________________.

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Open Ended

FRQ2: The following excerpt is from Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis (1915).  In this passage Gregor has just awoken, and he is waiting for his sister Grete to come in with his breakfast. Read the passage carefully.  Then in a well-written essay, analyze how Kafka uses literary elements and techniques to portray the complex relationship between Gregor and his sister.

Open Ended

Select a novel, play, or epic poem (The Metamorphosis) that features a character whose origins are unusual or mysterious. Then write an essay thesis statement in which you analyze how these origins shape the character and that character’s relationships, and how the origins contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole.

FRQ3 Thesis Example:

​1. T.A.G. / 2. AP / 3. TEXT specific thesis / 4. Universal Truth

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, a creature is animated by Victor Frankenstein through unnatural sciences. The creatures unnatural origins reveal how his deformity not only dictates his own fate, but also controls how everyone, including his creator, chooses to withhold love and a human connection to him.  This ultimately demonstrates that society judges superficially and discriminates against others regardless of their humanity and empathetic capabilities.

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