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Personal Code Informational Essay

Personal Code Informational Essay. Demonstrate how literature Has helped you to develop your own personal code. You are writing about literature. World State Hamlet Oedipus Rex Amir and Hassan Anansi Sacred Texts Rama Beowulf King Arthur Sir Gawain.

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Personal Code Informational Essay

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  1. Personal Code Informational Essay Demonstrate how literature Has helped you to develop your own personal code

  2. You are writing about literature • World State • Hamlet • Oedipus Rex • Amir and Hassan • Anansi • Sacred Texts • Rama • Beowulf • King Arthur • Sir Gawain Do the personal codes depicted in literature relate to your own life?

  3. Thesis Writing: Step One What's your main opinion on this topic? Literature influences the expectations for behavior and conduct within society.

  4. Thesis Writing: Step Two What's the first argument supporting your opinion? Connect one of your codes to a character: Rama perseveres to the end of his quest, no matter what the obstacle is.

  5. Thesis Writing: Step Three What's a second argument that supports your opinion? Connect one of your codes to a character: Anansi shows us that despite our flaws we can learn from our mistakes.

  6. Thesis Writing: Step Four What's a third argument that supports your opinion? Connect one of your codes to a character: “Rig Veda” reminds us to be humble, we have much to learn about ourselves and the world around us.

  7. Thesis Writing: Step Five What's the main argument against your opinion? Connect one of your codes to a character who does not follow your code: Characters in Brave New World are not true to themselves, and fulfill an identity that has been mass produced to conform to society.

  8. Thesis Writing: Step Six Put it all together to make a thesis statement… • 3-Argument • 2-Argument • 1-Argument • Example/Non-Example

  9. The 3-Argument Thesis Statement Literature promotes sophisticated social behavior because it 1teaches us to attain our goals2 ,learn from our mistakes, and 3 remain humble in our pursuits.

  10. 2-Argument Thesis Literature promotes sophisticated social behavior because it 1teaches us to attain our goalsand 2 remain humble in our pursuits. • Two body paragraphs will illustrate first two arguments. • The third paragraph could possibly show how a character failed adhere to a social code, since he failed at one or both of the arguments posted.

  11. 1-Argument Thesis Literature warns us against the dangers of hubris, showing the dangers of not remaining humble in our pursuits. • All body paragraphs will illustrate the argument.

  12. Example and Non-Example Thesis Statement Literature reminds us of the improtance of 1keeping one’s word and 2 illustrates the consequences of failing to do so. • Body paragraphs will address how the character keeps his word or faced the consequences of not keeping his word.

  13. How NOT to Write a Thesis • Readers learn a lot from “Beowulf,” Sir “Gawain and the Green Knight,” and “Le Morte D’Arthur.” • Literature promotes better behavior which is demonstrated by the characters Amir, Hamlet, and Rama. • Sometimes behavior is improved, and sometimes it’s not. Story titles and character names are not arguments!

  14. Introductions: The Inverted Pyramid Style • The point of the pyramid represents the last sentence in your intro. the thesis statement.

  15. Works Cited Help! • [Author’s last name, first name]. [“Title of Story”]. Glenco Literature the Reader’s Choice. Edited by Beverly Ann Chin, et all. [Translated by]. New York: Glenco McGraw Hill, 2002. [Pages]. Reprinted in World Literature. Print. •  [Author’s last name, first name]. [“Title of Story”]. The Language of Literature. Edited by Arthur N. Applebee, et all. [Translated by]. Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2002. [Pages]. Reprinted in British Literature. Print. •  Biography - King Arthur: His Life and Legends. 1998. A&E Home Video, 2005. DVD.

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