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Essay WritingFormal Literary Essay
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Relevancy
Why do we have you write the formal literary essay?
Why do you need to learn the skills required to write a formal literary essay?
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Thesis
•Argument•Controls the paper•Destination•Everything relates back to the thesis•Explicit or implicit•Placement – Beginning or end, sometimes
even in the middle•Rubric – Knowledge and Thinking
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Audience
• Who will read your writing?• What do they already know?• What do they want to know?
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Purpose
• Narration – tell a story• Description – create a sensory picture• Expository – inform or explain• Argument/Persuasive - convince
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Prewriting
•Choose a topic, then refine a thesis•Brainstorm•Free write on the thesis•Mind map•Dot jot of ideas•What comes to mind? How easy will this
thesis be to defend?
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Outline
•Graphic organizer, loose-leaf page, word document– what works best for you?
•Thesis •Dot jot points, proofs (quotations and
page references), explanation•Consider organization – strong point,
weakest point, strongest point
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Outline cont'd
Include 3 topic sentencesEach topic sentence must relate to thesis
3 quotations/topic sentenceContext for each quotation
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Outline
•Graphic organizer, loose-leaf page, word document– what works best for you?
•Thesis •Dot jot points, proofs (quotations and
page references), explanation•Consider organization – strong point,
weakest point, strongest point
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First Draft
•Complete sentences•Paragraph structure•Topic and concluding sentences•Link paragraphs with transition words or
repetition of words
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Editing and Revising•Explore spell check suggestions.•Make sure you have avoided “I think,”
“You,” slang and any other informal language.
•Read aloud to catch awkward sentences, missing words, typos.
•Get a trustworthy editor – what parts are not fully explained? What questions does your editor have? Consider what should be changed. Maintain your own voice – your paper should sound like you.
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Final Draft
•First page includes your name, course code (ENG 4U1), teacher’s name, date in the upper left hand corner of your page
•Pagination – put your last name followed by page number in upper right hand corner (use a header)
•Double space•Follow MLA format for citations•Works Cited page (not numbered)
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Relevance – Transferable Skills
Casual Debate – Leafs vs HabsLawyer – LitigatingLetter of Application/Reference