• Understand and analyze the historical details that contribute to the author's purpose.

• Understand and analyze the use of literary devices to create meaning

Lesson Objectives

Historical Context

• social structures

• cultural conflicts

• geographical issues

• values and beliefs that influence people's lives

The historical context of a work is the full set of societal situations that contribute to life in the place and times that are the focus of the text. This includes:

Historical Context

As part of the setting, the historical context can be central to the author's purpose and the message the speaker is trying to convey. Identify the important historical details and the reason the author included them, then determine the speaker's attitude towards these details.

Stylistic Devices

Writers use rhetorical and literary devices (like similes, metaphors, irony) to communicate ideas clearly and powerfully. Consider the effect of the device on the passage and the reader to determine the deeper meaning of the passage.

Stylistic Devices