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Rapheal Charlton
An afterword is a literary device that is often found at the end of a piece of literature.[1] It generally covers the story of how the book came into being, or of how the idea for the book was developed.
An afterword may be written by someone other than the author of the book to provide enriching comment, such as discussing the work's historical or cultural context (especially if the work is being reissued many years after its original publication).[2]
On August 15, 2023, Hybrid Pedagogy announced the publication of Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop. The book proposes that the work of ungrading is to ask hard questions, point to the fundamental inequities of grades, and push for structural change. What follows is the afterword I wrote for the book.
When we grade, we teach students to rely less on their own thoughts about their worth than upon ours; but in turn, we also learn to devalue self-reflection and self-knowledge, and instead accept the unspoken and ubiquitous dictum that our value is better assessed by another.
When my brother was chastised by his music teacher, he was subject to an expectation of excellence utterly unfair to a fifth grader. When students were afraid to enter my classroom and begin writing, they were likewise subject to the same unfairness. We need to dismantle the power of grades, and this means recognizing the ways in which we have, ourselves, suffered under that power.
Afterward(s) refers to an action that occurs sequentially after a previous action. Leslie and Derek stuffed their faces with cream puffs, but felt sick immediately afterward. It refers to events in a chronology.
An afterword is an epilogue, or comment from the author at the end of a book. It might allow for some additional closure at the end of the plot, or it might be a commentary from the author about the work itself. J.K. Rowling wrote an afteword at the end of her last Harry Potter book. Suzanne Collins included one at the end of the final Hunger Games novel.
Take fifteen minutes and write an afterword to a favorite book, short story, or film, describing the effects of the plot's conclusion, and what happens to the characters afterward. Share your practice in the comments, and take some time to read the prose of your fellow writers.
Next LIVE lesson is coming up soon!About the authorRelated Posts Liz Bureman WebsiteLiz Bureman has a more-than-healthy interest in proper grammatical structure, accurate spelling, and the underappreciated semicolon. When she's not diagramming sentences and reading blogs about how terribly written the Twilight series is, she edits for the Write Practice, causes trouble in Denver, and plays guitar very slowly and poorly. You can follow her on Twitter (@epbure), where she tweets more about music of the mid-90s than writing.
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