Requirements for the Literary Analysis Rough Draft

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Requirements for the Literary Analysis Rough Draft

• Your Guide to Writing an Awesome Rough Draft

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I. Introduction

• Attention Getting Statement (Phatic Device)
• Aphorisms (Truisms)
• Proverbs (Sayings that convey morals)
• Any other interesting way of saying something
  relevant to your topic
• DO NOT just blurt out your topic!
• Thesis Statement that Makes a Claim/Arguable
  Thesis Statement

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II, III, and IV Explication of Thesis Statement

• Each main point to support your thesis one
  section
• You should have at least three main points!
• Each section is broken down into multiple
  paragraphs (not one long paragraph).

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II, III, and IV Explication of Thesis Statement,
Continued

• No paragraph should start
• with a quote!
• Every quote should be explained (Remember
  I.Q.E.!)

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Each Paragraph Should Contain

• 1) Topic Sentence
• 2) Explanation of Topic Sentence
• 3) Evidence 1 (Quote/Paraphrase)
• 4) Explanation of Evidence 1
• 5) Link to Topic Sentence and Transition to
• Evidence 2
• 6) Evidence 2 (Quote/Paraphrase)
• 7) Explanation of Evidence 2
• 8) Link to Topic Sentence and Transition to
• Next Paragraph

Does This Look Familiar??
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V. Conclusion

• Thesis restated in a fresh way
• (Example on next slide)
• Thought provoking statement to round out the
  paper
• Why was this paper important?
• Show how your main points and evidence fit
  together.
• Give your reader something to think about.
• Challenge the reader
• Look to the future

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V. Conclusion, Continued

• Restating the conclusion
• Introduction
• From the parking lot, I could see the towers of
  the castle of the Magic Kingdom standing stately
  against the blue sky. To the right, the tall peak
  of The Matterhorn rose even higher. From the
  left, I could hear the jungle sounds of
  Adventureland. As I entered the gate, Main Street
  stretched before me with its quaint shops evoking
  an old-fashioned small town so charming it could
  never have existed. I was entranced. Disneyland
  may have been built for children, but it brings
  out the child in adults.
• Conclusion
• I thought I would spend a few hours at
  Disneyland, but here I was at 100 A.M., closing
  time, leaving the front gates with the now dark
  towers of the Magic Kingdom behind me. I could
  see tired children, toddling along and struggling
  to keep their eyes open as best they could.
  Others slept in their parents' arms as we waited
  for the parking lot tram that would take us to
  our cars. My forty-year-old feet ached, and I
  felt a bit sad to think that in a couple of days
  I would be leaving California, my vacation over,
  to go back to my desk. But then I smiled to think
  that for at least a day I felt ten years old
  again.

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Formatting Requirements

• Length 5 7 Pages
• Font Times New Roman, 12 Point Font
• - No Word Art
• - Black Ink

Word Art
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Set Margins Page Setup
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Set All Margins to 1
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Page Header

• Each page should show
• Your last name
• The page number

• This Header should appear at the top right
  corner of each page

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Setting the Header
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Formatting the Header
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Formatting the Header
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Title Page
Creative Title that Indicates
Topic submitted toMs. Schuemelfeder/ Ms. Ryan
E302-Class Period Due Date byYour Full
NameSchaumburg High School
Your Title Page Must Look Like This!
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(More) Standard Requirements

• Parenthetical Citations for quotes and
  paraphrases
• Quote (Authors Last Name 173).

• Avoid the first and second person.
• No I or You
• Visit the Writing Lab at least once before the
  December 8th Final Draft Deadline.
• Have a focus Requirements posted in Lab

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(Even More) Standard Requirements

• Discuss all sources using the present tense
• Holden looks at Allie as a holy figure.
• NOT Holden looked at Allie as a holy figure.

Attention, Everyone! I have some very disturbing
and dire news!

• Refer to authors by last names
• NO Contractions!!