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Analysis Writing 5-Paragraph Essay
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| Date | 23.10.2016 | | Size | 3.54 Kb. |
| Analysis Writing 5-Paragraph Essay Read your essay out loud to yourself – check for: - Read your essay out loud to yourself – check for:
- Fluency/Flow
- Spelling/grammar
- Word choice
- Clarity of ideas
- *Make corrections as needed
To Complete On Your Own Draft: - Using different colored highlighters, identify AND label in your INTRODUCTION:
- -the hook
- -the bridge/background info.
- -thesis
- *Make sure you have an underlined or italicized book title and the author stated somewhere
To Complete On Your Own Draft: - Using different colored highlighters, identify AND label in your body paragraphs (3):
- -topic sentence
- -concrete detail
- -commentary/analysis
- Circle all your transitions
- Label each “chunk” in your paragraph with the main idea presented
Look at your topic sentences: - Are they the first sentence in the paragraphs?
- Do they focus on ONE big idea and the significance they have to the text?
- Do they relate back to your thesis topic?
Look at EACH of your concrete details… - Are they quotes right from the book/Paraphrased summaries of what happened?
- Do they SUPPORT your topic sentences/thesis?
- Are they punctuated AND cited correctly? “blah blah blah” (20).
- Are they embedded?
- Would they be interesting if they stood alone?
- Are they original ideas that are not tangible or found in the story?
- Do they connect to your concrete detail?
- Are they YOUR opinion?
- Do they answer the “so what?” about your concrete detail?
- Are they interesting/not too obvious?
- Do they CONNECT to your topic sentences/thesis?
Look at your conclusion… - Do you REPHRASE your thesis?
- Do you summarize your main points? (look at your topic sentences for the BIG ideas)
- Do you leave your reader satisfied – your thoughts are complete and clear?
- Do you relate back to your hook if possible?
Last thoughts… - If you don’t have transitions between ideas, add some! Use the transition sheet for help.
- If your main ideas don’t support your thesis, then change your thesis, or change your ideas!
- Third person?
- Present tense?
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