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What is the authors message about your issue? 1 paragraph outline

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(Your topic is not your title be creative and make a statement!)

I. Argument with Evidence

T. Topic sentence

The young adult novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson demonstrates that ______________________________________________________________________

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I. Introduce evidence

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E. Evidence - Quotation

On page ______, ______________ says, ___________________________________

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D. Discuss quotation and give details

This shows that ________________________________________________________

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Concluding sentence

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1 paragraph with Question Prompts

Complex Characters

Are the residents of Buckingham Palace good community members?

For your character (Mary, Zoot, Pretty-Boy, or the Jungle Boys), write a well-organized paragraph using the TIED format to answer the above question.

Topic sentence: (Is he/she a good community member?) Make an argument.

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Introduce evidence: (What are some examples that prove your point?)

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Evidence: (Direct quotation from the text.)

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Discuss evidence: (How does the quotation answer the question and therefore connect to your topic sentence?)

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Concluding sentence: (What does this character show about what it means to be a good community member?)

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Argumentative In-class Essay Self-edit Checklist

Did you use capital letters appropriately?

Names of people and places (ex. John Smith lives in New York City.)

Titles

Beginning of sentences

Do you have a period at the end of each sentence? (A sentence is a complete thought, with a subject and a verb.)

Did you change your contractions to 2 words? (ex. Change dont to do not.)

Did you remove I, me, my and you?

Did you change general pronouns to specific nouns? (ex. they, them, he, she to specific names of people)

Have you checked for spelling errors and for text/AIM language.

Did you underline the book titles and put article titles in quotation marks?

Does each paragraph have at least 5 sentences?

Is your thesis statement at the end of your introduction paragraph?

Do you have 2 quotations from a text with page number in every body paragraph? Is it clear who is speaking in your quotations?

Does every sentence with a quotation in it begin with your own words (such as, According to and have a properly formatted citation (author #)? Ex: (Smith 52).

Is each quotation interpreted AND connected to my thesis?

Does your paper has the following heading (single-spaced) in the upper left corner?

My Name

Course Title

Teacher Full Name

Date

Does your paper have an interesting title?

Name:Date:

Discussing Quotes in Writing

Instructions: Use this graphic organizer to prepare for rich written discussions of the quotes that you use to prove your thesis. Then use your ideas from this organizer to write your paper.

Your Quote (Copy Here)

Introducing Your Quote. What happened in the story or book before your quote? Your reader has not read the book and needs you to tell him/her what exactly happened in the book right before your quote.

Discussing Your Quote.

Interpretation. What does this quote mean? Restate it in your words.

Analysis. What parts of the quote stand out to you? Identify 2-3 important words and phrases and explain what they mean and why they are important.

Literary Element. What literary element can you include to get across your point about your quote? Why?

Connection to Thesis. How does your quote connect back to your topic sentence and thesis? Connect your interpretation and analysis of your quote back to your topic sentence and thesis by restating it.

How to Integrate and Punctuate Quotations

Place the citation immediately after the quotation but before any punctuation ending the clause or sentence. However, if the quotation ends with an exclamation point or a question mark, place that punctuation mark before closing the quotation marks, and then write the parenthetical citation followed by the punctuation that ends the clause or sentence.

In The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Victor notes, Thomas stood up and walked away. He wouldnt even try and tell us any stores again for a few years (Alexie 21).

In How to Tell a true War Story, the narrator declares, A true war story is never moral (OBrien 68).

In Antigone, Ismene pleads with her sister when she urges, But think of the danger! Think of what Creon will do! (191).

Quotations should be integrated into your own sentences. Dont drop quotations into your text without warning, and avoid standing quotations alone as sentences; instead, provide clear signal phrases to prepare readers for the quotation:

According to the environmental advocacy group known as the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), "All the energy stored in Earth's reserves of coal, oil, and natural gas is matched by the energy from just 20 days of sunshine."

The following examples demonstrate ways to vary your signal phrases:

In the words of author Sherman Alexie,

As Tim OBrien has noted,

The narrator describes the setting as

Kiowa illustrates the irony of the situation when he says,

Use active verbs in signal phrases to indicate the authors or speakers tone and stance. Is your source arguing a point, making an observation, reporting a fact, drawing a conclusion, refuting an argument, or stating a belief? Choose an appropriate verb, such as one from the following list, to make the authors stance more clear.

acknowledges

comments

describes

maintains

reports

adds

compares

disputes

notes

responds

admits

concedes

emphasizes

observes

shows

agrees

confirms

endorses

points out

states

argues

contends

illustrates

reasons

suggests

asserts

declares

implies

refutes

summarizes

claims

denies

insists

rejects

writes

Mechanics:

Underline OR italicize and capitalize book titles (and movie titles): In Antigone by Sophocles

Chapter titles are capitalized and in quotation marks: In the chapter, How to Tell a True War Story,

Write in literary present tense! Books are alive!

Please correct the following grammatical mistakes according to the MLA guidelines above and rewrite them correctly.

1. In the things they carried and the lone ranger both authors deal with shameful pasts.

Rewrite correctly:

2. On page 42 Kiowa says Talk to me.

Rewrite correctly:

3. In the chapter funhouse victors Aunt symbolically baptizes herself.

Rewrite correctly:

4. Sherman Alexie showed in his book how the Indians felt about their past and what they wanted for their future.

Rewrite correctly:

5. Both authors show how storytelling is a way in which to let go of the past. Sometimes the story truth is more true than the happening truth (page 179).

Rewrite correctly:

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