Scarlet+Letter+essay+notes

Essay notes! Introduction – Body paragraphs
 * Start with a broad idea that pertains to your claim, or thesis.
 * Include the names of authors addressed in the essay. ( and the //title// of a book. “Title” of a poem in “”)
 * Finish the intro with your claim/thesis
 * Topic sentence – what’s it about?
 * Context – what’s going on in the story?


 * 1st example – MLA style
 * o signal phrase (your words leading in)
 * o passage from the text
 * o page number (just the number) in
 * o period

Conclusion
 * 2nd example – same
 * either 3 body paragraphs x 2 examples = 6
 * o Or 2 body para. X 3 = 6
 * Starts with a restatement of the thesis
 * So what? - how does this matter beyond the scope of your thesis?

Voice! – use yours! Be formal, but original Be concise – Don’t add extra info, or longer quotes than necessary. Explain each textual citation. No – I, you, me, in my opinion, I think, etc.