Mary Oliver Reflection & Thesis

Read through Mary Oliver’s writing and the AP prompt, and as you read have your Tropes & Schemes handout in front of you. Annotate the tropes and schemes that relate to the prompt.

Then write a 250+ word response reflecting on the complexity or tension that is evident in this passage. Include key quotations that serve as evidence––but the majority of your writing should be your commentary, explaining how the evidence suggests the complexity of tension in Oliver’s thinking and writing:


Afterward, write a thesis statement that acknowledges this complexity and suggests what you might focus on if you were to write a rhetorical analysis on this passage.