Please highlight your CLAIM green. Highlight your SET-UP + EVIDENCE & PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS yellow. Review the criteria for a strong literary analysis paragraph (shown below), so you can turn in your best work.
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Claim
Start your paragraph with a claim about what the character values, Include the title and author of the book
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Elaboration
Elaborate on the claim that you intend to prove in this paragraph
Set-up + Embedded
EVIDENCE #1
This evidence should be introduced with your own words and then include the relevant evidence from the
If your set-up is a complete sentence and the evidence is a complete sentence, follow COLON Q
If your set-up ends with a dialogue tag and you're quoting dialogue, follow DIALOGUE QUOTE
If your set-up is not a complete sentence and does not use a dialogue tag, follow FLOW QUOTE
Cite Evidence #1
Include the author's last name with the page number in parentheses
Warrant for Evidence #1
Include a sentence or two after the citation explaining how that piece of evidence helps prove your claim
Transition
Use transitional words or phrases to join the two pieces of evidence
Set-up + Embedded
EVIDENCE #2
(Use a different
technique from Ev. #1)
This evidence should be introduced with your own words and then include the relevant evidence from th
If your set-up is a complete sentence and the evidence is a complete sentence, follow COLON
If your set-up ends with a dialogue tag and you're quoting dialogue, follow DIALOGUE QUOTI
If your set-up is not a complete sentence and does not use a dialogue tag, follow FLOW QU9
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