Today, we organized our quotations into three categories. For example, a category might be, identity restricts how we act, identity gives people a feeling of belonging, identifying with a dominant group can make you feel powerful, identity in a dictatorship limits one's potential, etc. Find THREE really good categories.
Once you are clear about what you will talk about, write a topic sentence for each category.
For example, if you have three quotations about religion, you might end up with a topic sentence such as: People often identify with religion; however, congregation members who question the tenets of the church feel ostracized. Consequently, few members have the courage to break free from an imposed yet specious identity.(Your body paragraph topic sentence may be two sentences such as the example above).
Once you have your three topic sentences, one for each body paragraph, you are ready to create a thesis for your entire essay. What does your novel reveal about the search for identity?
Eg. In Bill Stenson's novel, Svoboda, Vasilli's identity easily combines his cultural and religious heritage; however, he must also find the courage to accept this heritage in a society which has attempted to convince him being a Doukhobour is wrong.
Once you know what you plan to prove, due to the quotation log entries, you are ready to write the essay. Use the template below as your guide.
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Introduction Template
Hook:
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Thesis (plus author and title in
italics (for novel and play titles)
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First Body Paragraph Summary: (first
colour from the quote log)
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Second Body Paragraph Summary: (second
colour from the quote log)
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Third Body Paragraph Summary (third
colour from the quote log)
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Repeat the thesis (no author title.
Repeat it in a more emotional manner)
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Body Paragraph Template
Thesis: (Show how the points to come in
the body paragraph will prove your essay's overall thesis. You can
copy and paste the first body para. summary here and then use
synonyms to make it look and sound a little different from the
original).
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First Opinion to prove the thesis of
the body paragraph:
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First Piece of Evidence to prove the
thesis: (integrated quote or paraphrase an event or symbol)
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Explain how the evidence proves the
thesis. Elaborate on it. Discuss it. Explain it. Define it. Etc
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Transition (Your transition may appear
at the beginning or middle of your sentence)
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Second Opinion to prove the thesis of
the body paragarph:
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Second Piece of Evidence to prove the
thesis: (integrated quote or paraphrase an event or symbol)
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Explain how the evidence proves the
thesis. Elaborate on it. Discuss it. Explain it. Define it. Etc
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Transition (Your transition may appear
at the beginning or middle of your sentence)
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Third Opinion to prove the thesis:
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Third Piece of Evidence to prove the
thesis: (integrated quote or paraphrase an event or symbol)
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Explain how the evidence proves the
thesis. Elaborate on it. Discuss it. Explain it. Define it. Etc
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Transition (Your transition may appear
at the beginning or middle of your sentence)
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Repeat the thesis of of the essay
from your introduction and how these points prove it:
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Conclude: Repeat the thesis in an
emotional manner. Be sure to summarize the paragraph.
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Transitional Sentence to introduce body
paragraph 2: (Give us a hint of what is to come and how it proves the
essay's overall thesis)
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