EWRT 1C Class 17

AGENDA•Essay #2:

• The Prompt• Reviewing and

revising your thesis• Ways to Proceed• The Introduction

•Review for Exam #1

Essay #2: PromptThe Writing AssignmentIn a thesis driven essay of 4-7 pages, analyze one or more aspects of one of the stories we have read this quarter. Aim to convince readers that your interpretation adds to the conversation among those who read stories and write about them. Back up your analysis with reasons and support from the story. Use the critical strategies or lenses that we have practiced this quarter.

“Araby” by James Joyce “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez “ The Bet” by Anton Chekhov

I encourage you to read the complete assignment on our website under “Essay Prompts,” and “Essay 2.”

The Thesis

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Get out the one you wrote for homework

Check your tentative thesis: Do you have evidence for each point?

Make any necessary quick revisions to your thesis.

Reviewing your thesis

With a partner, or in groups of three, review each other’s thesis statements

Writers: Take turns reading your tentative thesis statement aloud. Then take notes as your partners tell you what your thesis statement leads them to expect from your essay.

Listeners: As the writer speaks, write down what you think are the key terms in the thesis statement. Remember that each of these key terms stands f or an idea or a link in the chain of reasons arguing for the overall thesis. Tell the writer what the ideas are that you expect will be developed in the essay. Also indicate if you think the writer will have difficulty supporting any of these ideas, if you do not see how the ideas work together. Point out ideas you think are obvious or uninteresting.

Ways To Proceed

Ways To Proceed

Ways To Proceed

The Directed Summary: An Introduction MethodHow to write

one!

Directed Summary• A directed summary provides readers of

your paper with the information they need to understand your argument and explanation.

• State the title and author of the literary work near the beginning of the first paragraph, perhaps in the first sentence. This is essential so that the reader knows which work you are discussing.

• Hook the reader. In the first sentences, write what is particularly interesting about the work. This thought-provoking information must also be relevant to the topic you will discuss in your essay.

• Assume that the reader is familiar with the work about which you are writing. Do not include too much plot summary in the introduction or in the rest of the essay. Do include the part of the story that will support your thesis.

• Use transitions throughout the introduction. Because there are so many aspects of the work that have to be included, the introduction can end up fragmented and confusing. Make sure that it makes sense on its own as a paragraph. Clearly transition from your introduction into your thesis.

• State the thesis near the end of the introduction (your introduction might be more than one paragraph). The thesis should clearly state what the essay will analyze and should be very specific.

Write a smooth transition from the introduction to the thesis statement

Try writing your introduction

1. Title and author2. Hook the reader with a thought-provoking aspect of

the story, one that connects to your essay or, better yet, your argument.

3. Assuming the reader is familiar with the text, include a brief summary that provides support for your paper.

4. Use transitions to keep the introduction clear and organized.

5. Transition to the thesis.6. Include your thesis near the end of the introduction.

Exam #1

Exam #1 100 points: Class 19 Class Presentations: 1-16

SHORT STORIES• “Araby” Joyce• “The Story of an Hour”

Chopin• “A Very Old Man with

Enormous Wings” García Márquez

• “The Bet Chekhov

POETRY• “My Papa’s Waltz” Roethke• “There’s a girl inside” Clifton• “The Fish” Bishop• “A Black Rook in Rainy

Weather” Plath• “Memories of West Street and

Lepke” Lowell• “To His Coy Mistress” Marvell

CRITICAL THEORIES• New Criticism• Feminist Criticism• Psychoanalytic Criticism

Exam Review: Presentations 1-16

1. Passage Identification: Work and Author

2. Identify the Writer

3. Character Identification

4. Terms: Fill in the blank

5. Theory Identification

6. Essay Question

Work and Author

1.Passage identification by work and author:The hand that held my wrist   Was battered on one knuckle; 

Identify the writer • This writer’s fiction did not attract

significant attention outside literary circles until the publication of his masterpiece, Cien años de soledad (1967; One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1970).

Identify the character

• "Some distant lamp or lighted window gleamed below me. I was thankful that I could see so little. All my senses seemed to desire to veil themselves and, feeling that I was about to slip from them, I pressed the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring: "O love! O love!" many times."

Terms: Fill in the Blank

•_____________ refers to the perspective from which the story is told.

Identify the Theory

• This theory maintains that a literary work contains certain intrinsic features, and the theory “defines and addresses the specifically literary qualities in the text."

Short Essay1. Explain New Criticism. You might consider the

following: What made New Criticism new?  What is the critical focus of New Criticism? What kinds of questions do New Critics ask? How does it intersect with other critical theories?

2. Briefly explain one of the extrinsic theories. Use one poem or short story to demonstrate your points.

3. Discuss the use of religious symbols in one of the works we have read this quarter.

4. Discuss the role of setting in any one of the works we read in this section

HOMEWORKStudy for exam #1 Post # 16: Your introduction, thesis, and best body paragraph.Work on Essay #2