Homework:
-Bring in a written
Introduction for your essay (to be shared tomorrow).
(Your final typed essay with completed outline: Due: Monday, 10/17/16) Lab time will be given to work
on this.
Essay
Format (Please Copy)
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All essays should be typed in a 12
point, Times New Roman font, double spaced.
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Please include your outline and
rubric on the back of your final essay.
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Please
Include the following heading:
Your name
Mrs. Gulyansky
English 10R Period ___
Date
ELEMENTS
OF A LITERARY ESSAY INTRODUCTION
1.
General statement-This can come from the
original essay question or can be a “hook” to pull the reader into the topic of
your essay. (For example if
your stories are about technology, write an interesting statement about this
topic or find a powerful quote about the topic online and/or from one of the
stories you are writing about. You can
also write a short anecdote or creative lead-in that might appeal to the
reader.)
Example: “Perhaps,
in the old days, they ate knowledge too fast ” (“By the Waters of
Babylon”). This can begin an essay about knowledge and society.
2.
Genre-Short
story/poem/novel/non-fiction piece/play (to name a few).
Our
unit is a short story unit.
3. Name of
piece(s)-Ex: “There Will Come Soft Rains” (Short stories
are in quotes. Novels are underlined-To
Kill a Mockingbird).
4. Author
of piece(s)
5. Brief
background information
about the story: (This should be no more than two sentences providing a brief overview of
each story.) “By the Waters of
Babylon” is about the protagonist, John’s, search for knowledge and discovery
of truth.
(You can combine title,
author, genre and background info into one sentence for each story.)
6. Claim/Thesis Statement: This will tell the reader what your
essay/paper will specifically be about. **Very important**
This
should be a clear statement/sentence that relates directly back to the essay
question.
Through the use of characterization and
figurative language, the authors enforce/show/reveal the idea that _____________________________.
