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Your AP Literature Essay

Your AP Literature Essay. A strategy that works 60% of the time, every time --Brian Fantana. Introduction paragraph. Hook Address the topic and grab the reader’s attention Background Introduce the author(s) and piece(s) and how the text(s) connect to the topic Thesis State your point

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Your AP Literature Essay

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  1. Your AP Literature Essay A strategy that works 60% of the time, every time --Brian Fantana

  2. Introduction paragraph • Hook • Address the topic and grab the reader’s attention • Background • Introduce the author(s) and piece(s) and how the text(s) connect to the topic • Thesis • State your point • State your reasons (literary devices that attach to your point) • State the so what?

  3. What is the “So What?” • The reader wants to know why they should read your interpretation • The “So What?” is, therefore, asking, “What is the big deal?”

  4. For Example • Instead of saying, “The author uses visual imagery, diction, and metaphor to convey a tone of sadness,” you should say, “The author uses visual imagery, diction, and metaphor to convey a tone of sadness that is representative of the society in that time period.” • The “So What?” is that extra connection

  5. Body Paragraphs • Body Paragraph • Develop your literary devices/reasons to support your thesis • One body paragraph = one literary device/reason

  6. Body Paragraph Format • Topic Sentence • Essentially, restate your thesis with only one literary device/reason (first body paragraph equals first reason…) • Embedded Quote • Provide a textual example of the literary device that you will analyze • Explanation of Embedded Quote • Provide a literal summary/explanation of the quote • Analysis of Embedded Quote • Provide 2-3 sentence figurative analysis that connects to your thesis • Closure • Restate topic sentence in more specific manner

  7. Conclusion • Restate thesis in other words • Make your final connections • Explain the significance

  8. Your Task for the Weekend From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, choose a character whose mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences. Then, in a well-organized OUTLINE, identify each of the two conflicting forces and explain how this conflict with one character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.

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