Summarization Clear Organization George Mason Un
Overview: A successful analysis will investigate the poetic
devices employed by the poet to glean further understanding of the material. Your essay must be
guided by a thesis statement that, in keeping with the theme of the course, applies the lens of class.
Requirements (Please Read Requirements Before Accepting, My Professor Is Very Strict About Following and Satisfying The Requirements) If you have any questions please ask!
800-1500 words (Excluding title, name, professor, class and date) It must be 800 – 1500 words of the actual text • Creative and specific title • Presentation of a focused and arguable thesis statement • Show awareness of the rhetorical context • Use of textual evidence in the form of quotes, paraphrases, and summarization • Clear organization • MLA format
Must have a very strong structured analysis, must incorporate lots of evidence from the novel to support your points, must also develop a very strong thesis and avoid summarizing the story as this is key to ensuring your points lead to a cohesive argument. Paragraph organization must be clear and not lack clarity throughout the paragraphs, the thesis must be arguable specific in the introduction.
Prompts: 3 Options to choose from
• Consider Manning’s decision to use Roman numerals, rather than name the individual poems.
What does this suggest about how the collection is intended to be read? Can the reader glean
much from a single poem, perhaps like Cisneros intended in The House on Mango Street, or must
Bucolics be read linearly and whole?
• Given the lack of punctuation and the consistent use of “boss” throughout, how does this word
serve as a form of punctuation, acting as a marker in otherwise unbroken streams of thought?
• Think back on the discussions we’ve had surrounding the heroes of our texts. How does the
speaker of Bucolics fit with or deviate from Esperanza, Jeanette, and Aubrey? Characters from books: (The house on Mango Street) (Red at the Bone) (Oranges are not the only fruit)