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Avoiding Plot Summary In Your Analysis?

Avoiding Plot Summary In Your Analysis?. Hailey Sophia Dana Maura Carleigh Valerie. Plot Summary. The main events of the story Gives an outline and description of what happens Including main characters and unfolding drama. When to avoid it?.

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Avoiding Plot Summary In Your Analysis?

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  1. Avoiding Plot Summary In Your Analysis? Hailey Sophia Dana Maura Carleigh Valerie

  2. Plot Summary • The main events of the story • Gives an outline and description of what happens • Including main characters and unfolding drama

  3. When to avoid it? • Do not use when writing an opinion based paper • When writing an analytical paper try to avoid it • Do you it all the time, only when asked for it or when the reader needs more information to better understand what is being stated in the paper

  4. Why should it be avoided? • Besides knowledge of the story • It does not angry or provide argument • Does not help prove claim • Extra fluff that could distract the reader

  5. How to decide what to cut out? Does it give more information than needed to understand the point Info To Keep • Adds support to your point • When choosing what’s in your plot summary be selective and be as short as possible

  6. Example http://www.clarkson.edu/writingcenter/docs/avoid_plot_sum.doc Example A: of too much plot summary Bill became very upset when he and his wife were finally divorced, and in a rage he went for a drive in the mountains. He drove on a narrow, dangerous road. Bill decided to kill himself by driving off the cliff. This shows that Bill was suicidal because of his divorce. Example B: the right amount of plot summary Bill’s decision to drive off a cliff immediately after his divorce was finalized shows that the end of his marriage made him suicidal.

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