Stylin' (Writing Styles)
A comparative essay structure in which the thesis is explained topic by topic (AB AB AB AB).
WHAT IS POINT BY POINT?
Listing, Freewriting, and Clustering are just a few ways to do this.
WHAT IS PRE-WRITING?
The main characters of Exit West.
WHO ARE NADIA AND SAEED?
Retelling a specific passage of a writing in your own words.
WHAT IS PARAPHRASING?
A synopsis of the main ideas of a writing which does not include minor detail or the opinion of the reader.
WHAT IS A SUMMARY?
A comparative essay structure in which the thesis is explained subject by subject, followed by analysis (A B C).
WHAT IS BLOCK?
The central claim of an essay - the overall point.
WHAT IS A THESIS?
The doors and windows in the novel often represent this.
WHAT IS ESCAPE, RELIEF, PASSAGE, OR CONNECTION?
Presupposes. Reveals. Prompts. Recalls. Demonstrates. To name a few...
WHAT ARE SIGNAL PHRASES?
In Exit West, representative of independence, free thought, and resourcefulness
WHO IS NADIA?
Strategies for this style include: providing a fresh look/insight to the topic, including sensory detail, including procedure, being interesting & engaging, and providing insight.
WHAT IS AN OBSERVATIONAL ESSAY?
WHAT IS A TOPIC SENTENCE?
Snapshots of other people in the world using the doors that parallel the novel's themes and main characters' experiences.
WHAT ARE THE VIGNETTES?
White board answer!
The structure for a solid introduction as drawn by Professor Santamaria throughout the semester.
TRIANGLE UPSIDE DOWN WITH HOOK AT THE TOP AND THESIS AT THE BOTTOM. GENERAL DOWN TO SPECIFIC.
A form of social reading from the 16th and 17th centuries that centered around annotating texts and exchanging them with another reader.
WHAT IS MARGINALIA?
Specific strategies an author uses to affect an audience.
WHAT ARE RHETORICAL STRATEGIES?
WHITE BOARD ANSWER
Proper in-text citation for Exit West: A Novel by Mohsin Hamid when a quote is used from page 207 without mention of the author in a signal phrase (including punctuations).
WHAT IS "..." (Hamid 207).?
Representative of tradition, family connection, and restraint.
WHO IS SAEED?
White Board Answer!
Hooks.
WHAT ARE INTRIGUING EXAMPLES, SHOCKING STATEMENTS, QUESTIONS, QUOTE FROM RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY, ANECDOTES, DESCRIPTIONS, FACTUAL STATEMENTS, SUMMARIES, OR COMPARISONS?
The three observational essay points of view that focus on categories, stories, and spaces.
WHAT ARE TOPICAL, NARRATIVE, AND SPATIAL?
This style includes an analysis of an experience in an effort to understand its cultural significance.
WHAT IS REFLECTIVE WRITING?
A good thesis answers answers these three questions.
WHAT IS THE SUBJECT, OPINION AND PURPOSE OF THE ESSAY?
A central theme of the novel.
WHAT IS BELONGING, LOVE, CULTURE, ET AL?
Nothing goes in the toilet except for... The PPP chant from the Ted Talk on plastic pollution.
WHAT IS "PEE, PAPER, OR POO"?
Virginia Woolf called this writing style "fierce attachment to an idea."
WHAT IS REFLECTIVE WRITING?