- Specific thesis statements
- Clear understanding of all 3 body paragraphs and the final conclusion
- Clear understanding of all 3 body paragraphs and the final conclusion
- Beef up introduction
- Ideas: Introduce the novel/time period
- Explain symbols generally or themes generally
- General human problem or universal significance
- Your introduction should convince me to read your paper
- Ideas: Introduce the novel/time period
- Thematically important topic sentences
- Preview what the paragraph is about
- Tie in to the argument set up in the thesis
- Preview what the paragraph is about
- Quotes
- “quote” (Hawthorne 76).
- Context, quote, significance
- “quote” (Hawthorne 76).
- Conclusion
- Start specific, then generalize
- Why does studying this matter?
- What more do we understand about the book from looking at this?
- Why is this a question that matters to humanity/ how is it relevant to us today?
- Start specific, then generalize
- Language
- No slang, repetition (avoid Me/I/you/good/Show)
- No slang, repetition (avoid Me/I/you/good/Show)