Purpose: This assignment gives you practice with reading a text deeply. By compl

Purpose: This assignment gives you practice with reading a text deeply. By completing this assignment, you are gaining practice in reading difficult texts effectively. While annotating “The Danger of a Single StoryLinks to an external site.,” you can improve them and develop strategies for other difficult texts you encounter in your college classes. Lastly, you practice with interpretations, word choice (to build vocabulary), and transitions.
Instructions: Before You Annotate: Complete watching “The Danger of a Single StoryLinks to an external site.” first. Apply the reading knowledge you learn from Maryanne Wolf’s “Reader, Come Home,” and “Course Guide to Close Reading” to help you annotate this video detailedly and critically. Study the “Hypothesis Student GuideLinks to an external site.” to thoroughly know how to complete this assignment by using “Perusall.” Follow the guidelines below to annotate this designated material. Prompt: You need to complete at least 10 annotations for this assignment. Apply your knowledge of “deep reading” and “close reading” to annotate “The Danger of a Single StoryLinks to an external site.” carefully and slowly. Your 10 annotations should at least analyze these parts:What is Chimamanda Adichie’s main argument in this video?
What were the problems in Adichie’s early creative writing when she was a kid?
What was Adichie’s single story about Fide’s family? How did Adichie’s roommate apply her single story to Adichie? How do you analyze the danger of this preexisting bias?
How has the concept of “African authenticity” been constructed through narratives and imaginings? Annotate one example in the video to show your argument.
Annotate how Adichie defines “power” and her example to support her perspective? Do you agree with her? What are your responses to her argument?
Annotate the problems of a single story and explain why we need to have more diverse stories in our reading and classroom.
Why “the balance of stories” is important? Annotate Adichie’s example and then provide your own story to connect your points with her thoughts. In your detailed annotations, use these sentence patterns to help you elaborate your points. Sample template: While depicting her writing, Chimamanda Adichie focuses on _______. Then use a few sentences to focus on a key passage you choose to annotate. Carefully state how your “deep reading” helps you understand and interpret this passage. Sample template: “More specifically, Adichie criticizes ____. This setting/passage presents an image giving the audience____.” In your annotations, explain how specific sentences, tones, or representations enact emotions and help you understand Adichie’s points better. Do they represent Adichie’s criticism about a single narrative and cultural hegemony? How do you understand the issues Adichie exposes, and what are your analytical responses to them?
In your annotations, you need to analyze the passages you choose in detail, including explaining the imagery, investigating the supporting evidence, and elaborating on how the diction and metaphors work in the chosen passages.
Grading: Assignments that meet the above five prompt requirements will earn a “complete” score. Assignments that are missing any of the components above will earn an “incomplete,” and the student will have 48 hours to revise and re-submit for a “Late Work” credit. “Late,” “Incomplete,” and “Ignored” work will be graded as the grading handout states.
Format: Use “Hypothesis” to complete this annotation assignment.