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Writing About Literature: Applying writing strategies to The Three Musketeers

Writing About Literature: Applying writing strategies to The Three Musketeers. By: Cara Hamlin (For use with Three Musketeers Unit).

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Writing About Literature: Applying writing strategies to The Three Musketeers

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  1. Writing About Literature:Applying writing strategies to The Three Musketeers By: Cara Hamlin (For use with Three Musketeers Unit)

  2. During this unit on Dumas’ The Three Musketeers, we will be exploring literary devices and strategies, narrative voice, writing style, P.O.V, and much, much more. Throughout the duration of the unit, you will be asked to respond to your reading not only verbally, but also through writing in the forms of: • Reading Blogs • Free-writes • Essay • Final Project: Brochure Introduction Therefore, we must prepare ourselves for battle…

  3. As already discussed you will be asked to write various pieces. All of these, except for the brochure, will need to be in MLA Format. Let’s review how this format works… • Heading: Goes in upper left side of page. Your heading will include: • Introduction: The intro will be a paragraph in which you introduce your topic. This will include your thesis, or the sentence(s) stating the main idea or stance. • Body:This will be the longest section of the piece. It will be one or more paragraphs (depending on the length of the assignment.) This will contain your main arguments and supporting material. • Conclusion:This will be the last paragraph of the piece. This smoothly transitions from the last point to a witty last comment. Format Your Name Ms. Hamlin Class Title Date Now that we know format, let’s talk content…

  4. Making basic literary arguments should be familiar to you, whether you realize it or not. Even from the time we are children, we are asked our opinions about stories, characters, style, etc., in an informal fashion. • One of the goals of this unit is to help you adapt these skills and use them to form written pieces dealing with literature. • Throughout the unit, I will be asking questions such as these: • Who is speaking? How do we know this? What does this P.O.V. add to the story? How might this story have been different if it were written through the eyes of someone else? • Why does the author begin the story with an account of D’Artagnan’s early life? What kind of impression do we get of D’Artagnan because of this? • Compare and Contrast Milady and Athos specifically in regards to their ideas about revenge and why it is necessary/ what it accomplishes. Literary Arguments Let’s learn how to support an argument…

  5. Support: • Jut like you use examples to make a point, you use examples from a piece of literature to make a point about an aspect of a literary work. Keep in mind that you need to: • Use enough points to make a strong argument • Use relevant examples that illustrate the point you are making. For example, you would not support a topic about supernatural elements in the Arabian Nights with the example from Twilight. Make sure you know how your examples apply to your topic, otherwise the reader will have to guess, or will not know at all. • Use correct examples and provide a chapter or page number so that the reader can go back and look at the passage you are referring to. Example: On page 35 of the book, the author describes how Harry Potter came to receive the letter that he had been accepted into Hogwarts. Support for Your Argument

  6. Smoothly transition from one idea to the next. Example: You would not go from writing about D’Artagnan’s fencing abilities to a discussion of Athos’ troubles with women, BUT you might go from the fencing argument to a discussion of D’Artagnan’s physical characteristics. • Do not simply state a passage that illustrates your point; Explain the relevance in detail. • It might help to map out your arguments like this… Support (Continued) Main Topic:____________________________________ Argument 1:_________________________________ Examples:________________________________ Argument 2:_________________________________ Examples:________________________________ Argument 3:_________________________________ Examples:________________________________ Quotes are a common type of support. Let’s review using these in out writing…

  7. Use quotations to supplement your argument. • Quotes take two forms—Short or Block. • Short quotes are less than four typed lines. • Block quotes are four or more typed lines. • To decide whether to use a block quote or a short quote, consider the argument you are making. Does it require you to quote a large passage? Can you simply summarize the information and then discuss? Using Quotes • Use quotes inside a sentence. Do not simply insert a quote as its own sentence. • Cite your quotes in proper MLA parenthetical format. • If you need to leave out parts of a quote, use ellipses (…). For example: He describes the dog as a “big, ugly brute (…) who does not want to obey” (25.) • Know the difference between direct and indirect quotes. For example:Direct: He wrote that “she was the type of girl who would always do her homework” (26.) Indirect: He said that my mother had been in earlier to buy groceries. (paraphrased)

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