THE INVISIBLE MAN QuickWrite On the backside of

THE INVISIBLE MAN Quick-Write: • On the backside of the handout, write about a time where you felt unseen, neglected, forgotten…invisible. • What was the situation and who was involved? • Describe your experience using sensory details. • What were you feeling? What were you saying to yourself as you experienced this? • Don’t worry about grammar, spelling, etc. Write this like a journal entry. • You WILL NOT be forced to share this with the class, so be a raw and real as possible

THE INVISIBLE MAN: READING AND ANNOTATING • As you read this prologue to the novel, please annotate for the following: 1. Diction 2. Syntax 3. Imagery 4. Tone 5. Any connections you personally made with the writing

RALPH ELLISON v. ON a separate sheet of paper titled, “Pre-Writing” answer the following questions briefly: • • Who do you think Ralph Ellison is? We know he is male, but how old do you think he is? What time period do you think this was written? Describe what you think he looks like (if you’re doing this at home— don’t cheat or you won’t get the full lesson!)? Face, hair, body, etc. • Rich or poor? • Educated or not? • What do you think his message is? How do you know that?

RALPH ELLISON • On Google images, look up Ralph Ellison 1. How is he different from what you pictured? 2. Does knowing his appearance change your perception of the message in this excerpt? Why? How? Again, answer on the same separate sheet of paper titled, “Pre-Writing”

SELF-PERCEPTION: THE ASSIGNMENT • On another separate sheet of paper, and with the ideas discussed so far, write a “write-like” of your perception of YOURSELF. • DO NOT JUST USE THE FILL-IN-THE BLANK TEMPLATE UNDER THE PASSAGE!!! USE IT ONLY AS A GUIDELINE. • Organize the same as Ellison. Use about the same number of sentences. • Use the same diction, syntax, imagery, etc as Ellison, but use your own ideas. Just like the write-like we used for the “This is Water” piece. • You can type it, or write it on a sheet of notebook paper. • This is due in class Friday, January 11!!!!