TWIST Example - A Tale of Two Cities
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Lesson Plans by Kristy Littlehale
The French Revolution is the perfect setting to analyze the limits of justice and what happens when a ruling class continues to suppress the people. In doing so, Dickens explores important themes such as the destructive nature of revenge, revolution, the importance of sacrifice, and resurrection.
Juxtaposition: Definition and Examples
Lesson Plans by Anna Warfield
Juxtaposition is a literary term describing the placement of things near one another. The "things" could be people, places, ideas, objects, moods, motifs, emotions, etc.
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A Tale of Two Cities Juxtaposition Analysis | Analyze elements of A Tale of Two Cities with a TWIST graphic organizer
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- 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.
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