TIQA Writing

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TIQA Writing

• My grandmother had an ugly dog, TIQA.
  Remembering this name, will help you write an
  awesome paragraph!

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Topic Sentence

• Normally the first sentence of your paragraph!
• It tells the reader exactly what the paragraph is
  about.
• Exs Some people feel that beauty is a
  prerequisite for true lovea lover must believe
  that their significant other is the most
  beautiful person on the face of the Earth, but
  Shakespeare shows us this is not true.

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Introduction

• The introduction sentences summarize what is
  happening in the story or stories you are writing
  about.
• Ex Shakespeare shows us two people with
  different opinions in his poem, Sonnet 130, and
  in Act II, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. In Act
  II, scene i he shows Romeo showering Juliet with
  his affection.

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Quote

• Steal some words from the play short story or
  poem that you are analyzing.
• When Romeo proclaims, But soft! What light
  through yonder window breaks? It is the East and
  Juliet is the sun! he is telling the audience
  that she is beautiful (1023). Your Opinions!

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Analysis

• Include your opinions after the quotethis is
  your analysis
• Ex Romeo drones on and on about how fair and
  lovely Juliet is. He constantly reminds his
  reader that she is the most beautiful woman in
  the world.

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Transition--

• Transition to discussing a second example and
  quote for the paragraph.
• Ex Yet, it seems that Shakespeare himself does
  not agree with Romeo.

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Introduce

• Describe the new situation after you have
  transitioned!
• In Sonnet 130, Shakespeare shows us a man that
  does not believe his lover is beautiful.

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Quote

• Steal the words from the literature again!
• If he felt she was beautiful, he would not have
  written, My mistress eyes are nothing like the
  sun Coral is far more red than her lips, (1-2).
  

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Analysis

• Include your opinions again
• Ex This shows us that the man believes his
  lover is hideous, yet he says that his love is
  true anyway.

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