"Literacy: A Lineage" annotations

1. Melanie Luken opens with an introduction to her topic which is her path to literacy and he father, who inspired her to do so.
2. The rest of the story is written in chronological order to show how father led her to write throughout her entire life..
3. "...even when the weather was cold and my breath made the air foggy." This sentence creates vivid details for the readers.
4. Choosing French as a major became a personal challenge for the author and emphasizes the authors love of reading and writing.
5. Melanie stayed in a first-person point of view throughout most of the story but dabbled in third-person when describing her father.
6. "In a way, my literacy is part of my lineage..." This detail gave a vivid example of how the author thinks.
7. The ending of the story highlights once again, the importance of her father in her life. It shows that she believes that he is the reason she has this passion for writing and that she is grateful for it.
8. The last sentence goes back to the tradition mentioned in the beginning which ties the story together in a way that make the conclusion feels neat and satisfying to the reader.