analytical writing we will become experts at reading something, making a claim about it, and then...
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Analytical Writing
We will become experts at reading something, making a claim about it, and then supporting our claim.
Analytical Writing
“MAKING A CLAIM”In academic writing, an argument is usually a main
idea, often called a “claim.”
It is backed up with evidence (proof/quotes) that supports the claim.
Example Claim- Example Claim- Mildred Taylor uses man versus society conflicts in The Land in order to reveal the corruption in the South.
Plan for all 7 shapes [plans do not have sentences in them…
save the sentences for the paragraph]
Taylor corruption in the south
We will follow these rules:• We WILL use the JWJ paragraph plan correctly.
• We WILL use exact quotes from the text.• We WILL “lead-in” to our quotes so they do NOT
stand alone. • We WILL write in the present tense.• We WILL explain the “college prep” layer; we will
NOT summarize, or re-tell the story.• We WILL connect our “college prep” layers• We WILL use proper grammar, punctuation, etc.
Plan for all 7 shapes [plans do not have sentences in them…
save the sentences for the paragraph]
Taylor corruption in the south
THE OPEN/EXTENDED RESPONSE QUESTION
Mildred Taylor uses CONFLICT, SYMBOLS, and CHARACTERS to send a message and reveal aspects of setting. {conflicts can be man vs man, vs. society, vs. self, vs. animal, etc.}
ANALYZE her use of conflict, symbols, or characters in order to explain either a)THE MESSAGE she develops OR b) the setting she reveals.
So the first step is to plan an answer…[MAKE A CLAIM]
Taylor uses CONflicts to reveal the corruption in
the south
“To Analyze” Means…[THESE ARE YOUR FEDI SENTENCES… YOUR
RECTANGLES]-to break apart into parts; to study the inner
relationship between the parts
To analyze text means…-to break the text into parts (the parts are college
prep layers)-to write about how one part relates to another part
[Topic Sentence/Circle Sentence-The Claim]The first sentence of your paragraph.Man vs. society conflicts are used to show the discrimination and social taboos of the Post Civil War South in Mildred Taylor's book, The Land.
Sentence #2--- Lead-in & Quote
When Paul stumbles across the land, he rushes to Hollenbeck to try and buy it, but, "JT Hollenbeck was not interested in selling the land no matter what color I was" (p. 116).
FEDIThese views and taboos snake their way into Paul's home causing a man vs. man conflict between him and Mitchell.