Questions for Away from the Noise in Say the Word

Make sure one person writes down the answers!

1. How does Stevenson begin the essay in an interesting way? 2. Does the introduction let us know the place he will talk about and why the place is special? If so, state those two things. 3. What is the topic sentence of the first body paragraph? What does Stevenson let us know the topic of this paragraph will be? 4. Give some of the specific details Stevenson shares about his special place. What different senses does he appeal to? 5. Stevenson describes in beautiful detail why this place is special to him in his second body paragraph. What does this place offer him? Why is this place so meaningful for him? 6. Stevenson does a really good job of making his