Balzac RJE Practice Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Students will be given full credit for any attempt at the first item of this assignment that meets the minimum word count (200 words). The assignment aims to give students a chance to practice writing a Reading Journal Entry (RJE). Directions: Write a Reading Journal Entry (200-400 words) based upon the Balzac excerpt below. Include references to: 1. Basic Parts of a Story (setting, character, plot, conflict, theme) 2. Literary devices 3. Personal Meaning through Deep Reflection. Use quotation marks and the page number or location (digital version) in parentheses when quoting from the text.

a) Write a journal entry analyzing the excerpt from Balzac.
b) Write a summary of the excerpt from Balzac.
c) Write a critique of the excerpt from Balzac.
d) Write a comparison between the excerpt from Balzac and another literary work.