P.I.E.

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P.I.E.
Point, Information, Explanation
Creating extended examples in response to
literary prompts
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P.I.E.

• Point
• What is the point, or claim, you are making?
• Information
• How is the point supported with a quote from the
  text?
• The information is the text evidence (quote) used
  to support/develop the point.
• Explanation
• What does the provided information mean? What is
  its significance or relationship to the point?

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P.I.E.
Prompt Why does Miss Emily refuse to pay taxes?

• Point
• What is the point, or claim, you are making?

Miss Emily refuses to pay taxes because Colonel
Sartoris convinced her she did not owe any.
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P.I.E.
Prompt Why does Miss Emily refuse to pay taxes?

• Information
• How is the point supported with a quote from the
  text?

Miss Emily refuses to pay taxes because Colonel
Sartoris convinced her she did not owe any. She
tells the men who come to collect the taxes, I
have no taxes in Jefferson. Colonel Sartoris
explained it to me. Perhaps one of you can gain
access to the city records and satisfy yourself.
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P.I.E.
Prompt Why does Miss Emily refuse to pay taxes?

• Explanation
• What does the provided information mean? What is
  its significance or relationship to the point?

Miss Emily refuses to pay taxes because Colonel
Sartoris convinced her she did not owe any. She
tells the men who come to collect the taxes, I
have no taxes in Jefferson. Colonel Sartoris
explained it to me. Perhaps one of you can gain
access to the city records and satisfy yourself.
Miss Emily does not understand that time has
moved on and that the towns previous leaders
were simply trying to protect her from poverty.
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P.I.E.
Prompt When does the strange smell develop
around the house?

• Point
• What is the point, or claim, you are making?

The smell around Miss Emilys house developed
shortly after Homer Barron disappeared.
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P.I.E.
Prompt When does the strange smell develop
around the house?

• Information
• How is the point supported with a quote from the
  text?

The smell around Miss Emilys house developed
shortly after Homer Barron disappeared. That was
two years after her fathers death and a short
time after her sweetheart the one we believed
would marry her had deserted her.
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P.I.E.
Prompt When does the strange smell develop
around the house?

• Explanation
• What does the provided information mean? What is
  its significance or relationship to the point?

The smell around Miss Emilys house developed
shortly after Homer Barron disappeared. That was
two years after her fathers death and a short
time after her sweetheart the one we believed
would marry her had deserted her. It is only
at the end of the story that we learn that the
smell came about as a result of Homer Barrons
body decomposing in the upstairs bedroom.
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P.I.E.
Miss Emily refuses to pay taxes because she once
had her taxes remitted. She tells the men who
come to collect the taxes I have no taxes in
Jefferson. Colonel Sartoris explained it to me.
Perhaps one of you can gain access to the city
records and satisfy yourself. Miss Emily seems
to have no idea that time has moved on and the
city is under new government. She does realize
that her tax remission was unfounded.
The smell around Miss Emilys house developed
shortly after Homer Barron disappeared. That was
two years after her fathers death and a short
time after her sweetheart the one we believed
would marry her had deserted her. It is only
at the end of the story that we learn that the
smell came about as a result of Homer Barrons
body decomposing in the upstairs bedroom.
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Selection Test on A Rose for Emily

• Know the following
• Definition of foreshadowing
• Examples of foreshadowing in the story
• Definition of characterization
• Examples of how Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily
• Faulkners use and non-chronological sequencing
  and its effect on the story
• The ending of the story and its implications
• Words to Know (page 516)