LCEAF

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LCEAF

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Whats that mean?

• Lead
• Clarifier
• Example
• Analysis
• Finisher

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Format

• When you write an essay, it makes the essay
  better to read if you adhere to a structure that
  the reader can follow relatively easily. LCEAF
  will be that structure.

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Lead

• introduces topic/main idea
• establishes focus of the paragraph
• takes reader in

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Example Lead

• Yorkes use of powerful but simple words in the
  song conveys perfectly and hauntingly the
  speakers despair and the songs investigation of
  inadequacy in the face of unrequited love.

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Clarifier

• reference work, transition from lead
• forms a bridge between the lead and the example
• sharpens focus of the paragraph
• transitions into the example

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Example Clarifier

• Yorke continually uses two words in specific that
  contrast one another. The use and repetition of
  these two words highlight the songs presiding
  message.

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Example

• quote
• specific example (character action, piece of
  plot, important setting, etc.)
• must relate to main idea/lead

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Example

• The two words to which Yorke keeps returning are
  creep and special. He places both of these
  words in the chorus, which enhances their effect.

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Relevance

• Your quote/example should be directly and
  noticeably relevant to the topic you have laid
  out in the lead and clarifier.

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Beginning

• Sometimes its easiest to begin with your
  example, and work backwards and forwards from
  there.
• That way, you know exactly where you are going
  and how to introduce this direction.

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Analysis

• Analyzing your example is probably the most
  difficult part of this process.
• Look at the quote/example, and see what it means.
  
• Always relate your analysis to your thesis.
• If necessary, inform the reader of the quotes
  context.
• should be the longest part of the paragraph
• Fully explain your thinking.

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Example Analysis

• Though simple, these words are instrumental in
  conveying the songs ideas of unrequited love and
  inadequacy. In fact, this very simplicity is
  what makes the choice of words so powerful and
  effective. When the speaker describes his love
  as so very special, he demonstrates his
  bitterness over his position of inferiority he
  does not think himself special, which is the
  basis of his feeling of inadequacy.

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Analysis Cont.

• The speaker then reinforces and drives home this
  idea by following up his description of this
  special person with an assessment of himself
  he is a creep. This despicable word brings to
  mind an almost inhuman being, one who exists so
  far outside the norm, so far upon the fringes
  of society that he may as well be a beast,
  living, and envying, in the shadows. By choosing
  the word creep, Yorke demonstrates fully the
  speakers sense of absolute inadequacy and even
  freakishness.

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Open to Interpretation

• Quotes can mean different things to different
  people
• As long as your interpretation relates to the
  text (and your thesis/main idea), then its
  probably ok.
• That does not mean that any interpretation goes.

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Finisher

• final sentence/s
• concise and powerful.
• reminder and final stance
• You should show the reader how you have proven
  the main idea of your paragraph.
• It should be like a loop.

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Example Finisher

• The songwriters use of simple diction, mainly in
  the words special and creep, shows that words
  do not need to be complicated to convey drama and
  to have lasting effects in the listener/reader.
  In Creep, Yorkes use of diction portrays the
  speakers feeling of inadequacy in the face of
  unrequited love.