Wednesday, October 29, 2014

All Classes: Analytical Paragraph

Analytical Paragraph: response to an article, short story, chapter/book, play, poem, television show/episode, film, lecture, etc. (should be 7-14 sentences)
  • Summary (what was it about? what  was the message?)
  • Support from the text (paraphrase or quote w/acknowledgement)
  • Explain the first piece of support
  • Another piece of support from the text (paraphrase, quote w/acknowledgement) or Make a connection to another article, poem, chapter, short story, television show, film, class, etc.
  • Explain the second piece of support or Explain the connection
  • Finish with “so what? now what?”

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