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Finding a Thesis for Your Literary Analysis Paper

Finding a Thesis for Your Literary Analysis Paper. English 10: The Great Gatsby. Tell me what you have learned about thesis statements in the past. How should they be formatted? Where do they go? What is their function?. Journal Prompt (Woo hoo !!!).

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Finding a Thesis for Your Literary Analysis Paper

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  1. Finding a Thesis for Your Literary Analysis Paper English 10: The Great Gatsby

  2. Tell me what you have learned about thesis statements in the past. How should they be formatted? Where do they go? What is their function? Journal Prompt (Woo hoo!!!)

  3. A statement regarding an observation that you made about the genre, time period, social aspect that you are research about film • A statement that you can spend the rest of your paper backing up! • Goes at the end of your introduction • Remember, don’t stray from the thesis in your paper! A thesis is. . .

  4. My answer to you is to work backwards! • That means: • Look at your packet, activities, notes • What observations have you/ the class made about the novel? • Which of the prompts do you believe that you have the most to say about? Yeah, but how do I come up with one?

  5. I’m doing my literary analysis paper on how the color white is used in The Great Gatsby • While reading the play with the class, I noticed a few things. . . • Daisy seems to be associated with white • Jordan does as well • Other symbols of white used too Example: Part One

  6. Figure out how you can support these observations in a paper • Example: • Daisy associated with white • White dress • White house • White face • Other symbolic images are as well • White pathway that Daisy and Gatsby walked on • White steps where an obscene word was written • Jordan • White dress • White golf shoes Example: Part Two

  7. What are some things that these three elements might have in common? • Daisy’s whiteness • Other whiteness in the novel • Jordan’s whiteness • Brainstorm with the people around you! Example: Part Three

  8. These were the things that I thought they had in common. . . • All of these aspects had to deal with corruption in some way • Each of the white things listed were actually the opposite of the color’s usual meaning (purity) Example: Part Three

  9. Now, use these commonalities to make a thesis!!! • My Thesis: The Great Gatsby uses the color white, usually associated with purity, to suggest that even the most innocent-seeming of things can be corrupt in some way. Example: Part Four

  10. Get in groups based on your topic (one, two, or three) • SHARE with one another the particular aspect that you are studying • Work together to fill out the handout given • Bounce ideas off of each other to come up with a thesis!!! Now it’s your turn!

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