text dependent analysis introduction and conclusion

Text Dependent Analysis

Introduction and Conclusion

Remember the AREA Cinderella example?

•Get your writing folder.•Find the original AREA Cinderella example from your writing folder and put it on your desk.•Put the new Cinderella paper (on chair) next to it. Compare.•Fill out “What do you notice?”

Writing an Introduction

Dorothy has Glinda the Good Witch; Sleeping Beauty has Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather; Peter Pan has Tinkerbell. Every teenager could use a magical ally. For Cinderella, it is her fairy godmother who helps her overcome the oppression of her family and find her prince. The Fairy Godmother is a minor character who has a major impact in Charles Perrault’s Cinderella.

• Lead• Transition• Summary

sentence• Restatement of

Prompt• Title• Author

Lead: hook the attention of the reader

Dorothy has Glinda the Good Witch; Sleeping Beauty has Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather; Peter Pan has Tinkerbell.

Every teenager could use a magical ally.


sentence• Restatement

of Prompt• Title• Author

A Lead…

• begins the essay. • requires more than one sentence.

• Includes a transition into a summary statement or restatement of the prompt.

Transition:

• wraps up the lead

• Moves into summary sentence

Cliché leads to avoid…

• The Definition Lead• Ex: Webster's Dictionary defines cliché as a phrase or word

that has lost its original power from overuse.

• The Quote Lead• Ex: Cinderella tells us, “A dream is a wish your heart

makes.”

• The Stating the Obvious Lead• Ex: Cinderella is the star of her very own Fairy Tale.

NUMBER ONE OFFENDER…• The Question Lead

• Ex: Have you ever heard of Cinderella? Well, I have.

Summary Sentence: briefly state the main idea of the text

For Cinderella, it is her fairy godmother who helps her overcome the oppression of her family and find her prince.



of Prompt• Title• Author

Restate the Prompt: use key words from the prompt and transition into body paragraph

The Fairy

Godmother is a

minor character

who has a major

impact in Charles

Perrault’s

Cinderella.



of Prompt• Title• Author A

Restate the Prompt: use key words from the prompt and transition into body paragraph

The Fairy

Godmother is a

minor character

who has a major

impact in Charles

Perrault’s

Cinderella.

•Where have you seen this sentence before?

Body Paragraph (you already did this)

R

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Writing a Conclusion

Cinderella features many minor characters, but none influence Cinderella more than her fairy godmother. This rags to riches tale proves how important minor characters are in any piece of literature. It’s no wonder The Fairy Godmother’s impact was so significant; she’s the one holding the magic wand.

• Restatement of Prompt• Title• Author• Transition• Final Remark

Restate the Prompt: use key words from the prompt, but do not repeat the same sentence from introduction paragraph

Cinderella features

many minor characters,

but none influence

Cinderella more than her

fairy godmother.


A

Restate the Prompt: use key words from the prompt, but do not repeat the same sentence from introduction paragraph

Cinderella features

many minor characters,

but none influence

Cinderella more than her

fairy godmother.

•Where have you seen this sentence before?

So What? Transition: What does the evidence prove? Move into final remark.

This rags to riches tale

proves how important

minor characters are in

any piece of literature.

• Restatement of Prompt• Title• Author• Transition

• Final Remark

Final Remark: Wrap it up, give reader something to think about, and show some style!

It’s no wonder The Fairy

Godmother’s impact was

so significant; she’s the

one holding the magic

wand.


Let’s turn your paragraph into 3 paragraphs!

• Put your two TDA paragraphs from Schooled / Trouble on your desk.• Choose the better paragraph to use as a body paragraph.•Homework: Complete introduction and conclusion Prewrite for your choice body paragraph on the back of today’s notes.

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