Introduction
These are the two elements you need to include in your introductory paragraph.
What is an introduction of the text and your thesis?
This is the first sentence in a first body paragraph that introduces the topic to the reader.
What is a topic sentence?
A thesis acts as the foundation of your essay and, as such, needs to _____________.
What is tell the reader what the essay will be about / answer the prompt?
This is one theme of Through the Tunnel.
What is "maturity comes with challenge?"
This is the author's message.
What is theme?
This is where your thesis goes in your introductory paragraph.
What is the last sentence?
Textual evidence should be an example of this.
What are supporting literary elements?
Is the following a good example of a TDA thesis? Why or why not?
William Shakespeare creates an ironic ending to his tragedy Romeo and Juliet.
No: Why does the ironic ending matter? Including theme tells the reader the purpose of the literary elements
The three things a theme must be.
What is general, the author's message, not one word.
This is a character who does not change AND we do not know a lot about.
What is a flat, static character?
This is the part of your introductory paragraph that entices the reader to read on.
What is the hook?
Textual evidence should be introduced with this.
What is context?
These are the two "wh" questions that a thesis should include.
What is "what" and "why"?
These support the theme and act as "breadcrumbs" for the reader to discover theme.
What are literary elements.
This is a literary element that is one thing, but represents another.
What is symbol?
This is an example of a hook.
What is an anecdote, a rhetorical question, a shocking statistic, a quote....(teacher discretion)?
This is the purpose of analysis.
What is connecting the textual evidence to the theme?
In order to avoid a three-pronged thesis, you should do this.
What is add detail.
What does characterization have to do with theme?
A character learns the lessons which the author wants to portray to the audience (or theme).
This is what the setting symbolizes in Through the Tunnel.
Is this an example of a good thesis?
Through the selection of characters, setting and point-of-view, “A Rose of Emily” presents the idea that there are severe consequences for social discrimination.
NO: Basic thesis- called a “three pronged” thesis- add detailed descriptions of how your literary elements build the theme
These are the "wh" questions that the context should answer.
What are "who," "what," "when," "where," and "why."
This is a type of thesis that should NOT be used that simply lists the three literary elements you are referring to in your essay.
What is a three-pronged thesis?
What is one way setting relate to theme?
The setting can pose challenges to the character which can cause the character to learn a lesson or the theme
This is the definition for figurative language.
What is language that goes beyond the word's dictionary definition?