TWIST Example - A Tale of Two Cities

TWIST Example - A Tale of Two Cities

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A Tale of Two Cities Juxtaposition Analysis | Analyze elements of A Tale of Two Cities with a TWIST graphic organizer

Storyboard Text

  • T - TONE
  • W - WORD CHOICE
  • I - IMAGERY
  • S - STYLE
  • ?
  • T - THEME
  • reflecting, wise, wistful, dark
  • was, best, worst, foolishness, wisdom, epoch, season, sping, winter, Light, Dark, hope, despair everything, nothing
  • It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
  • The passage is a run-on which is filled with contradictions. The winding length of the quote indicates a story and time from the past, and the contradictions exist at the same time, making the period in question paradoxical in nature.
  • The narrator is reflecting on a time that is tumultuous and full of tension because the aristocracy and the commoners are at odds with one another, much like the contradictions Dickens highlights in these opening lines.