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Paragraphs

Paragraphs. Writing strong literary analysis paragraphs with embedded evidence. Tells what the paragraph will be about. In short answers it is the answer to a question or expresses and opinion “mini-thesis” What paragraph will prove. Topic Sentence. Comes from the text Paraphrase Summary

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Paragraphs

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  1. Paragraphs Writing strong literary analysis paragraphs with embedded evidence

  2. Tells what the paragraph will be about. • In short answers it is the answer to a question or expresses and opinion • “mini-thesis” • What paragraph will prove Topic Sentence

  3. Comes from the text • Paraphrase • Summary • Quotation Concrete Detail

  4. This is ANALYSIS • Explains a quote • Shows how evidence fits a topic sentence • Answers “so what?” about your evidence Commentary

  5. For every fact, quote, summary, or paraphrase need two COMMENTARY sentences to explain. • 1 long c/c sentence counts as 2CM 1 CD 2 CM

  6. 1CD:2CM is a chunk. • 3 chunks per paragraph is minimum CHUNK

  7. TWO WAYS TO WRITE Paraphrase/Restate answer—single paragraph Transition to next paragraph—in essays BEST Concluding Sentences leave your reader with a thought about what can be learned from the text or from your analysis. Concluding Sentence

  8. In Waiting by Margaret Atwood, the speaker, Penelope uses a longing tone to emphasize her loneliness without Odysseus. Penelope’s repeated trips to the top of the palace yield nothing but grief: “never the ship [she] longed to see.”Her loneliness shows in the disappointment at not seeing the ship. Penelope herself using the word “longed” further emphasizes the tone. Sample TS with chunk

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