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1) King of the Bingo Game Body paragraphs (sometimes called "discussion sections") are the parts of your essay that aren't the intro or conclusion

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1) King of the Bingo Game

Body paragraphs (sometimes called "discussion sections") are the parts of your essay that aren't the intro or conclusion. Each of these paragraphs will have: a leading topic sentence that states the paragraph's focus, evidence (quotes, examples, or research), and analysis (your explanation of how the evidence supports the paragraph's main idea. 

Prepare

• Choose a story or poem from this Module to focus on.
• Decide what aspect or element of the story to focus your paragraph on. (For instance: how the setting emphasizes the story's meaning, or how a character changes in the story)
• Re-read or scan through the story or poem to find quotes to use in your paragraph
• Be sure you've read Chapter 30, pages 1914-1918
• Use these reference guides to help you understand paragraph composition:
  • Writing Toolkit: Paragraphs / Discussion Sections
  • Writing Toolkit: Formatting Your Paper For Submission
  • Writing Toolkit: Direct Quoting, Partially Quoting, Paraphrasing
  • Writing Toolkit: What is literary analysis?

Write

A paragraph that includes:

• Topic sentence
• Explanation
• Example from selected story or poem (Summary and Paraphrase)
• Quote from selected story or poem
• Analysis of evidence
• Summary sentences bringing it all together

Check

Your writings should be:

• About 300 words long
• Related to the readings, assignments, and/or discussions from the selected Module
• Evidence of critical thinking

You should avoid:

• Including material from anything other than the selected literary work
• Googling, researching, or looking up the story or poem
• Copy / pasting from other submissions
• Unprofessional discourse
• Conversational language (you, I, etc.)

2.Module Reflective Writing Assignment

This week, you will write a thesis statement that could be used to lead a four-to-five-page fiction analysis essay over the narrator. Remember that a thesis statement is also a roadmap sentence, informing your reader of your intention and direction with the paper. For this thesis practice, choose a short story we've read during this unit and consider its use of narration. Write a thesis statement that includes: (1) the author's name, (2) the story's title, and (3) an arguable, supportable claim regarding the narration of the story. Your claim should emphasize how the narrative structure create or reinforce meaning in the story (what purpose does it serve?). Does the story have an reliable/unreliable narrator? How do you know (how will you support yourself)? For example:

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" allows the reader to taste madness through an unreliable narrator and a setting that increases in confinement.

Then, respond to two classmates' postings by providing thoughtful, constructive advice that would help them make their thesis statement clearer, more arguable, more supportable, or more narrowly focused. Your responses should each be two-to-three sentences in length, and should follow our class guidelines regarding professional communication and netiquette.

You should avoid:

• Copy / pasting from other submissions
• Focusing on a previous week's readings only (you can connect this week to a previous week, though)
• Unprofessional discourse
• Conversational language (you, I, etc.)