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Gist: Examine what words mean and how context affects the meaning of these words and phrases, analyzing whether the author is choosing to use a specific word in a literal or more figurative way to suggest something else. Readers study how specific words and phrases make the text beautiful, powerful, or otherwise engaging. Such language is common in Shakespeare and writers such as Hopkins, Morrison, and Conrad.

 Which specific words most affect the meaning in the text?

 What does the dictionary say about the different meanings and etymology of these key words?

 How does this author use words to evoke a sense of wonder in the reader?

 Which key words have multiple meanings in this context?