Level-UP! A guide to writing Stronger Theses

1. Level-UP!A guide to writing Stronger Theses KSJC Pre – AP English 11 Ms. Do

2. The Rubric

3. The Prompt Analyze how Twain creates tension to promote social commentary.

4. Level Up THESIS

5. Deconstructing the prompt… • Highlight important words. • What is the verb? • Based on the verb, what is the prompt asking us to do? • What do we need to know before we can make an argument?

6. Clear level 0! Level 0 Level 1 • In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain talks about commentary made in a social setting. • In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates tension to promote social commentary.

7. Clear level 1! Level 1 Level 2 • In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates tension to promote social commentary. • In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses literary devices to create tension to promote social commentary.

8. Clear level 2! Level 2 Level 3 • In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses literary devices to create tension to promote social commentary. • In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses allusive symbolism and diction to emanate tension around the idea of civilization.

9. Clear Level 3! Level 3 Level 4 • In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses allusive symbolism and diction to emanate tension around the idea of civilization. • In the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates tension between Huck and Miss Watson by interconnectingallusive symbolism and diction; in doing so, he challenges the idea of civilization by demonstrating its abasing effect on an individual.

10. Level UP Level 5 Level 4 • In the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates tension between Huck and Miss Watson by interconnecting allusive symbolism and diction; in doing so, he challenges the idea of civilization by demonstrating its abasing effect on an individual. • Early in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain interconnects Huck’s naïve point of view with allusive symbolism and diction to present a challenge to the basic principles of the American Dream; by forming the novel this way, Twain creates a sardonic space to analyze the tension behind civilization’s unrealistic expectations.

11. BONUS LEVEL! Level 5 Level 6 • Early in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain interconnects Huck’s naïve point of view with allusive symbolism and diction to present a challenge to the basic principles of the American Dream; by forming the novel this way, Twain creates a sardonic space to analyze the tension behind civilization’s unrealistic expectations. • In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain highlights the absurdity of civilization by contrasting Huck’s naïve point of view to Miss Watson’s proprieties of being “sivilized”; Huck reveals his constant struggle with civilization’s—and ultimately the American Dream’s—unrealistic requirements through unfiltered vernacular, irony, and allusive symbolism.