WRITING A LITERARY ESSAY

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ERARY ESSAY

IS JUST A FANCY WAY OF SAYING YOUR ESSAY

IS

WHAT IS A LITERARY ESSAY• A critical interpretation of a Literary work

• You MUST – present your own FORMAL interpretation/ opinion of the topic given

• Use Quotations to prove your point

• Summarise the plot or characters actions

• Try to prove the story – rather use quotes to prove YOUR idea

• Explain what happened in the story – and then he, and then she, then they went,

then they said

DO NOT…

EVER

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READ THE TOPIC CAREFULLY!

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STRUCTURE OF LITERARY ESSAY

INTRODUCTION

PARAGRAPH 1 PARAGRAPH 2 PARAGRAPH 3

CONCLUSION

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TWO WINNING APPROACHES

• First - INDUCTIVE

a way to describe something that leads to something else, so when applied to reasoning it just means you collect information and draw conclusions from what you observe.

• Second - DEDUCTIVE

Your IDEA

Obs ObsObs

Your IDEA

evidence

evidenceevidence

Deriving conclusions by

reasoning : relating to

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INTRODUCTION

HOOK

MAIN IDEA

THESIS –

A.K.A YOUR

IDEA

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INTRO STRUCTURE

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HOOK/ SUMMARY

FOCUS/LINK TO TOPIC

THESIS/ YOUR IDEA

SENTENCE 1-2

SENTENCE 3-4

LAST SENTENCE

GENERAL

TO

SPECIFIC

BODY – IT’S THE MUSCLES OF YOUR ARGUMENT

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•Clear TOPIC SENTENCE

•PEE

• At least 2 QUOTES

• Wrap-up sentence1

•Clear TOPIC SENTENCE

•PEE

• At least 2 QUOTES

• Wrap-up sentence2

•Clear TOPIC SENTENCE

•PEE

• At least 2 QUOTES

• Wrap-up sentence3

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P•POINT= FACT

E•EXAMPLE

E•EXPLAIN

+ 2 quotes

QUOTES

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Must be worked into your own

sentence

You must lead into your

quote

WRAP-UP sentence

RELATE YOUR PARAGRAPH TO THE TOPIC AND YOUR THESIS

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CONCLUSION STRUCTURE

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SENTENCE 1-2

SENTENCE 3-4

LAST SENTENCE

SPECIFIC

TO

GENERAL

REFRESH YOUR

THESIS

SUMMARISE YOUR

3 MAIN POINTS

MEANINGFUL CLOSING

THAT CONNECTS YOUR

ARGUMENT TO THE TOPIC

GENERAL TIPS

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THE END

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