Essay 3: Convent of Pleasure research assign

 

Essay 2 Directions: ENG 1121 Essay 2

FOUR STEP FORMULA :

• Topic/Essay Question

1. OBSERVATION (YOUR observation on the topic/your response to the essay question)
2. Question (WHY do you say so? Or How do you know?)
3. Answer to Why or How?

Observation + Answer = Thesis

• My Example:

1. Our Essay Question
2. Wright’s action is understandable and justifiable.
3. Why?
4. Because she murders Mr. Wright in an act of self-defense
   • Minnie Foster—her pre-marriage identity
   • Isolation
   • Bird

• The murder committed by Mrs. Wright is justifiable because it is actually committed in self-defense.
• Though Mr. Wright was not explicitly threatening Mrs. Wright’s life, the murder of her husband should be seen as justifiable and understood as a an act of self-defense.

Writing Tools:

• Paragraph Worksheet: cei
• Essay Structure Worksheet: pyramidnotes
• Quotation/IQIAA Worksheet:

Sample Quotation/IQIAA:

Claim: What are you going to talk about in this paragraph?

The women’s unique perspective, created by their gender, helps to connect them to each other and to Mrs. Wright.

Introduce:  Use transitional phrases to inform your reader that you’re about to use someone else’s words.

Common experiences lead to mutual understanding as Mrs. Peters shows with the simple repetition of the phrase,

Quote:  Include words from another source.  When you quote someone, you are obligated to represent them accurately.  This means avoiding typos and mistakes, and it means providing accurate citations that tell your reader what source provided the words or images.

“I know what stillness is” (170).

Interpret:  If a quotation can stand on its own, then your reader doesn’t need to read your paper.  After using a quotation, explain it to your reader.  Put that quotation into your own words, or into a language or discourse that your audience can better understand.  Consider starting sentences after quotations with phrases like, “In other words, . . . .”

The character is literally saying that she has also had moments of loneliness in her life. However, this is also a moment where Mrs. Peters connects with Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Hale.

Analyze:  Interpretation translates the original author’s words into a language your audience will understand.  Analysis tells your reader why that quotation was so important.  It highlights the significance of an author’s word choice, argument, example, or logic.  Analysis goes beyond the obvious, telling the reader what they may have missed if they didn’t read closely enough. The things you discuss in your analysis should all be relevant to the argument of your paragraph and essay.

It is important to note that when Mrs. Peters says this she steps outside her role of being a proper sheriff’s wife. The repetition of the phrase tells us how important a memory this is for Mrs. Peters. The fact that it is triggered by similarities with Mrs. Wright, tell us that she is empathizing with the woman who murdered her husband. Moreover, we know she connects with Mrs. Hale because we are told that the women “pulled back” (170) after this exchange suggesting they had drawn closer together and then pull away.

Apply:  Each time you use a quotation, make it clear to your reader how it supports your argument.  You can do that by applying your analysis to your thesis statement.  Remind your reader of your purpose for writing, and tell them how this quotation, and your analysis of it, helps you support your argument.

As the story progresses shared experiences not only help the women solve the crime, but bond them together to the point where they work as a team to hide the evidence of the murder.  

 

Group Presentations: Jury and Sweat group presentations

Essay 1 Directions: Essay 1 Character Analysis

• Chart: character analysis chart