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Writing claim Statements

Writing claim Statements. All claim statements must answer What (What are you trying to show in your analysis? Often a THEME STATEMENT) and How (How are you going to prove it? Often a literary device). Devices Refresher. Characterization Imagery Conflict Symbolism Setting Point of view.

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Writing claim Statements

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  1. Writing claim Statements

  2. All claim statements must answer What(What are you trying to show in your analysis? Often a THEME STATEMENT) and How(How are you going to prove it? Often a literary device).

  3. Devices Refresher • Characterization • Imagery • Conflict • Symbolism • Setting • Point of view

  4. Frame Statement • In title of the work,Name of Author demonstrates THEME STATEMENT through his/her use of OR development of OR depiction of LITERARY DEVICE.

  5. A. Good OR Bad? • In The Kite Runner by KhaleadHosseini, Amir is a young man who figures out his true identity after he destroys and rebuilds his family. SUMMARY

  6. B. Good or Bad? • The characters in William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, would have been better off if they had only communicated with one another. Not Provable

  7. C. Good or Bad? • In Albert Camus’ short story, The Guest, choices are made and responsibility is avoided with tragic results. No HOW

  8. A. DEVICE? • Through the character of Amir in The Kite Runner, Hosseini shows how a man can sacrifice everything for the thing he values most. Device: Characterization (Amir)

  9. B. DEVICE? • Through the development of a lonesome urban atmosphere in the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger creates a story that reveals a young man’s mental and physical isolation. Device: Setting & Imagery

  10. C. DEVICE? • In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly illustrates how man’s attempt to control nature results in madness and destruction through Dr. Frankenstein’s creation of the monster. Device: Conflict (Man vs. Nature)

  11. Example Comparison claim In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Lucille Clifton’s poem, “Hips,” they show how 1people can overcome their oppression and 2assert their true selves through the women’s physical totems. • Theme st= COMPLETE & COMPLEX • Device st= SPECIFIC AND APPLICABLE

  12. Good or bad? In Gabriel Garcia-Marquez’s short story, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” and Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, 1the life changing effect that one individual can have on another is shown through the villagers and the Loman family. • Theme st= COMPLETE & not COMPLEX • Device st= SPECIFIC AND APPLICABLE

  13. Good or bad? In Irwin Shaw’s short story, “the 80 yard run” and Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman, the conflicted characters of Christian Darling and Willy Lomandemonstrate the lost opportunities and disappointments caused by a life built on the past. • Theme st= COMPLETE & maybe COMPLEX? • Device st= SPECIFIC AND APPLICABLE

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