RTL Response to Literature Notes

Writing

• 1. Thesis: This is what your entire paragraph, essay, report is all about.• Thesis: A sentence that contains the following: a Subject + Opinion. • 2. TLQ: Transition leads into the quotation• 3. Concrete Detail (CD): facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, illustrations,

support, proof, evidence, quotations, paraphrasing, plot references• 4. Commentary (CM): opinion, insight, analysis, inference, feelings, evaluation,

reflection, interpretation, explanation, personal response

• (How does my evidence support my thesis? Start with the phrase “This shows that…)

• 5. Conclusion: Restates the thesis/provides sense of “wrap it up”

Rules for Writing

• Follow these rules to improve your grade and your writing abilities:

• 1. Always use pen/type. I will not grade it if it is in pencil.

• 2. Never use a contraction.

• Incorrect: I’ll never forget my trip to Disneyland.

• Correct: I will never forget my trip to Disneyland.

• Use the word quotation. Never use the word quote.

• In this quotation, Darth Vader says, “I am your father” (Star Wars).

Rules for Writing Continued…

• 3. NEVER use the following: I, me, you, we, us.

• Incorrect: I think you will like the story.

• Correct: Many readers will enjoy the story.

• 4. When you write about a story/movie/film etc. you must always keep it in the present tense.

• Incorrect: Tom Beneke worked at a grocery story. Correct: Tom Beneke works at a grocery story.

• 5. Never end with “In Conclusion…” “Finally…”

• 6. Never start with a question