The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Writing off the Subject Abstract

* "The Triggering Town" is written by Richard Hugo with the intent of helping aspiring poets develop their own style of writing.
* Hugo shares with his readers some of his own personal writing techniques.
* Hugo also writes about Thomas Roethke, the poetry teacher who most influenced...
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