READ Joyce Carol Oates essay, “They All Just Went Away,” pages 553-563
WRITE: Write a short reading response to Oates’s piece (minimally 300 words). discuss how the writing elements and techniques are at work.
For this essay look at, among other things, how Oates uses description, metaphor, sentence fragments, parentheses, italics, dashes, tone changes, perspective changes…how does imagery function. What about voice? Include all your noticings. Use examples from the reading in your response as well