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 What was the Widow Wycherlys
relationship to the other participants in the
experiment?

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

When Widow Wycherly was younger, Killigrew,
Medbourne, and Gascoigne were each involved with
her romantically and fought for her attention.
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P.I.E.
Prompt What was the Widow Wycherlys
relationship to the other participants in the
experiment?

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

When Widow Wycherly was younger, Killigrew,
Medbourne, and Gascoigne were each involved with
her romantically and fought for her attention. In
fact, they had once been on the point of cutting
each others throats for her sake.
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P.I.E.
Prompt What was the Widow Wycherlys
relationship to the other participants in the
experiment?

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

When Widow Wycherly was younger, Killigrew,
Medbourne, and Gascoigne were each involved with
her romantically and fought for her attention. In
fact, they had once been on the point of cutting
each others throats for her sake. Their desire
for her had the potential for great misfortune,
as seen later in the story
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When Widow Wycherly was younger, Killigrew,
Medbourne, and Gascoigne were each involved with
her romantically and fought for her attention. In
fact, they had once been on the point of cutting
each others throats for her sake. Their desire
for her had the potential for great misfortune,
as seen later in the story
When Widow Wycherly was younger, Killigrew,
Medbourne, and Gascoigne were each involved with
her romantically and fought for her attention. In
fact, they had once been on the point of cutting
each others throats for her sake. Later in the
story, they fight again and grapple fiercely at
one anothers throats leading to the loss of the
youth water. Their inability to learn from their
past mistakes traps them in a never ending life
of disappointment.
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P.I.E.
Prompt What are some of the oddities and unusual
items in Dr. Heideggers study?

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

Dr Heideggers study is full of many unusual
items such as old books, a skeleton, a mysterious
portrait, and, most notably, a tall looking glass
in a tarnished gilt frame.
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P.I.E.
Prompt What are some of the oddities and unusual
items in Dr. Heideggers study?

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

Dr Heideggers study is full of many unusual
items such as old books, a skeleton, a mysterious
portrait, and, most notably, a tall looking glass
in a tarnished gilt frame. it was fabled that
the spirits of all the doctors deceased patients
dwelt within its verge
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P.I.E.
Prompt What are some of the oddities and unusual
items in Dr. Heideggers study?

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

Dr Heideggers study is full of many unusual
items such as old books, a skeleton, a mysterious
portrait, and, most notably, a tall looking glass
in a tarnished gilt frame. it was fabled that
the spirits of all the doctors deceased patients
dwelt within its verge The unusual mirror, with
its ghostly inhabitants, lends a sense of mystery
to the Doctor and a bit of suspense to the plot
as we wonder about its importance to the
experiment.
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When Widow Wycherly was younger, Killigrew,
Medbourne, and Gascoigne were each involved with
her romantically and fought for her attention. In
fact, they had once been on the point of cutting
each others throats for her sake. Later in the
story, they fight again and grapple fiercely at
one anothers throats leading to the loss of the
youth water. Their inability to learn from their
past mistakes traps them in a never ending life
of disappointment.
Dr Heideggers study is full of many unusual
items such as old books, a skeleton, a mysterious
portrait, and, most notably, a tall looking glass
in a tarnished gilt frame. it was fabled that
the spirits of all the doctors deceased patients
dwelt within its verge The unusual mirror, with
its ghostly inhabitants, lends a sense of mystery
to the Doctor and a bit of suspense to the plot
as we wonder about its importance to the
experiment
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Selection Test on Dr. Heideggers Experiment

• Know the following
• Definition of foreshadowing
• Examples of foreshadowing in the story
• Definition of allegory
• Examples of how the story can be viewed as an
  allegory
• The ending of the story and its implications
• Words to Know (page 500)