For each paragraph, identify a quote that demonstrates contrast. Identify any words in that quote that specifically signal contrast. Then, write an analytical sentence that incorporates the quote and points to a greater message. Paragraph 1 is an example.
Paragraph 1:
1. Quote: “...things that were common in Her neighborhood, absent in mine.”
2. Contrast clue word(s): “common” vs. “absent”
3. Analytical sentence:
Morrison’s comment “things that were common in Her neighborhood, absent in mine” shows that Morrison was aware that she and her employer were exposed to different worlds.

Paragraph 2: I knew how to scrub floors on my knees and how to wash clothes in our zinc tub, but I had never seen a Hoover vacuum cleaner or an iron that wasn’t heated by fire.