Practice Analytical Application (4.2.2.6) - Module 4: Time, Space, and Intertextual Connections
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Analytical Application

Practice - Analytical Application - 4.2.2.6

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Question 1 Easy

According to the text, how does literature transform "cold" global statistics?

  • Answer: Literature transforms "cold" statistics by turning them into "warm" human stories, focusing on personal experiences rather than just data.
  • Hint: Think about the child’s toy example in Step 1.

💡 Hint: Think about the child’s toy example in Step 1.

Question 2 Easy

What does the S.H.A.P.E. mnemonic stand for?

  • Answer: Specificity, Humanization, Author’s Stance, Perspective, and Effect.
  • Hint: It represents how literature "shapes" our view of the world.

💡 Hint: It represents how literature "shapes" our view of the world.

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Question 1

If a memoir describes the daily life of a family living through a war without suggesting how to stop it, what is the most likely Authorial Stance?

  • Type: MCQ
  • Options: The Warning, The Solution, Awareness, Dystopian
  • Correct Answer: Awareness
  • Explanation: Testimonial literature or memoirs often aim to raise awareness by saying "This happened; do not look away," without necessarily providing a political solution.
  • Hint: It's about "witnessing" the event.
The Warning
The Solution
Awareness
Dystopian * **Correct Answer**: Awareness * **Explanation**: Testimonial literature or memoirs often aim to raise awareness by saying "This happened; do not look away," without necessarily providing a political solution. * **Hint**: It's about "witnessing" the event.

💡 Hint: It's about "witnessing" the event.

Question 2

"Humanizing" a global issue means replacing emotional dialogue with factual data to be more accurate.

  • Type: Boolean
  • Options: True, False
  • Correct Answer: False
  • Explanation: Humanizing is the exact opposite; it means replacing data with dialogue, internal monologues, and emotions to make abstract problems visceral.
  • Hint: Review Step 1 of the framework.
True
False * **Correct Answer**: False * **Explanation**: Humanizing is the exact opposite; it means replacing data with dialogue
internal monologues
and emotions to make abstract problems visceral. * **Hint**: Review Step 1 of the framework.

💡 Hint: Review Step 1 of the framework.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Take the abstract global issue of "Ocean Plastic Pollution" and describe how a writer might Humanize it in a short story.

  • Solution: (Example) Instead of mentioning "8 million tons of plastic," a writer might describe a coastal fisherman who finds bits of colorful plastic inside the belly of the fish he needs to feed his hungry daughter, symbolizing the literal poisoning of his livelihood.
  • Hint: Move from the "Macro" (billions of tons) to the "Micro" (one fish/one child).

💡 Hint: Move from the "Macro" (billions of tons) to the "Micro" (one fish/one child).

Challenge 2 Hard

Identify a book or movie you know that deals with a global issue. Apply the S.H.A.P.E. mnemonic to it in five short bullet points.

  • Solution: (Example: The Hunger Games)
  • S (Specificity): Focuses on the political facet of class inequality and media manipulation.
  • H (Humanization): Personalizes the issue through Katniss’s struggle to protect her sister.
  • A (Stance): A warning about totalitarianism and the "spectacle" of violence.
  • P (Perspective): Written from the viewpoint of the oppressed "Districts" (the periphery).
  • E (Effect): A global message about the power of individual defiance against systemic injustice.
  • Hint: Pick a story where "the world is at stake."

💡 Hint: Pick a story where "the world is at stake."

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