The Name is Mine

second paragraph

-short simple sentences -confident, assertive, and firm -made a decision

paragraph 6

-trying to explain her decision -she rambles, -more complex sent -allusion to Romeo and Juliet - "What's in a name"

Third and Fourth

-why she chose to keep her name -grew to love her name -anecdote (childhood),

she was born in ____________ and attended what college

1953; Barnard College in NYC

author

Anna Quindlen

first paragraph

Framework; hook; begins story (elder son got stitches in his palm and she called the hospital because she was not there; answered phones as Mrs. Krovatin)

most recent book is

Good Dog, Stay

this essay appeared in

Life in the 30s (a weekly column)

successful career at _____________

The New York Times

Sharing Tone

assertive (beginning) -short sent -Ex. "this is a story about a name. The name is mine."

wrote three different weekly ________________, including her syndicated column _________________-

columns; "Public and Private" (won Pulitzer Prize for commentary)

paragraph 7

connects it to other women (made decision about ourselves)

Exploring Tone

contemplative because she is exploring her feelings ex. did not occur to her that she would be left outside when she decided not to disappear beneath her husband's umbrella

paragraph 8

discusses her past and present view of women changing their name

Paragraphs 6-10

exploring

occasion

female identity; feminists world view; late 1980s

paragraph 9

goes back to framework (story about answering the phone)

Audience

married men and women

she is a

mother and wife

ended the column because it was too

personal

her decision to change her name was a ___________, ________________, and ______________

political, professional, and personal (not honest reason, no consideration, It was mine)

paragraph 10

reflecting on her decision and the effect. Not regretting it though no doubt

Paragraphs 1-4 verb

sharing

Purpose

sharing and exploring

"hidden beneath the umbrella of his identity'

umbrella protects and confined she does not want to be confined because she does not want to give up her identity