The following short story, “Elsewhere,” was written by Stephanie McClure and published in 2015. In this story a little girl, Zita, slips out of her house at dawn. Read the passage carefully. Write a paragraph in which you make a defensible claim regarding how McClure uses literary elements and techniques to establish a setting that helps convey Zita’s complex perspective. In your paragraph, you should incorporate at least one piece of evidence from the text to support your claim. In your response you should do the following:
Respond to the prompt with a claim that presents an interpretation.
Select and use evidence to develop and support your interpretation.
Explain the relationship between the evidence and your interpretation.
Use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.]