4.06 Plan the Body.

I: Thesis Statement: John Muir and William Wordsworth use imagery and similes to express their loving
and caring relationship with nature.

II: Body Paragraph #1 Topic Sentence: John Muir and William Wordsworth use imagery to show

their loving relationship with nature.

A: Direct quotation from the text: According to Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth,”
When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering
and dancing in the breeze.”

B: Explanation of how this quotation reveals the author’s relationship with or view of nature: Here
William shows imagery by describing how the daffodils look. The way he describes it just shows how
much he loves nature.

C: Direct quotation from the text: According to The Calypso Borealis by John Muir,” But when the sun
was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging, I found beautiful Calypso on
the mossy bank of a stream.”

D: Explanation of how this quotation reveals the author’s relationship with or view of nature: John is
explaining the scenario. Everything is sad and gloomy until he sees this beautiful flower that turns that
sadness into happiness.

III: Body Paragraph #2 Topic Sentence: William Wordsworth and John Muir also show simile to express
their caring relationship with nature.

A: Direct quotation from the text: According to The Calypso Borealis by John Muir,” The flower was
white and made the impression of the utmost simple purity like a snowflower”.

B: Explanation of how this quotation reveals the author’s relationship with or view of nature: In this
simile that John uses is comparing the Calypso flower to a snowflower. This means that the flower was
really white and clean.
4.06 Plan the Body.

C: Direct quotation from the text: According to Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth,
“Continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the Milky Way.”

D: Explanation of how this quotation reveals the author’s relationship with or view of nature: Here he is
comparing the daffodils to the stars. William is trying to tell us ow many daffodils there were.

IV: Conclusion

A: You will write a conclusion in a later lesson and do not need to complete this part now.