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Year of WondersReading and Responding
How can I effectively address all of the
criteria...?
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Essay Topics-Understand the
Requirements Discuss
Do You agree?
Debate, explain or question a topic-give evidence,reasons and
explantions for andagainst
Present your owninterpretation-giveevidence, reasonsand explanationsfor and against
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Essay Topics
How?
Why?
Explain, describeor outline ways inwhich the textillustrates the topic
by drawing ontextual evidenceand metalanguage
Explain reasons tosupport the ideasrepresented in thetopic
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Essay Structure
Introduction: Main Contention-a clear sentence stating your contention,
Background-the context, an outline of themain points/reasons
Introduce the author
Key words and concepts-use key words,explain main idea/s, definitions
Discuss structures, features andconventions of the text
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Introduction:Sentence
Samples “Year of Wonders” is a complex
exploration of…
Geraldine Brooks warns the reader that…
At the beginning of Year of Wonders, it isestablished that….
Year of Wonders is a response to…..
Year of Wonders explores…. There are two/three significant
messages that Brooks presents in Year of Wonders.
Geraldine Brooks de icts…..
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Introduction:Sentence
Samples Geraldine Brooks presents…
Brooks‟ historical novel Year of
Wonders….
Year of Wonders explores themes suchas….
Year of Wonders depicts a community….
Year of Wonders presents a message…..
It is accurate to argue that Year of
Wonders….
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Paragraphs
Interpretation of the evidence
Connecting sentence-link to the next
point/paragraph or sum up the key
idea of the paragraph
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Paragraphs:Sample
Sentences In Year of Wonders, symbols are used
to….
A complication occurs when…
The reader is presented with….. Geraldine Brooks‟ point of view emerges
when…..
Brooks‟ point of view is presented by…. Geraldine Brooks draws a parallel
to…..when……
As the narrative progresses……
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Paragraphs-Sample
Sentences Brooks presents …. in a positive light
when she…..
Brooks views ……in a negative light
when she… The sequence of events beginning
with…and concluding with…..indicates
that…. The theme of... is explicitly
described/presented through…..
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Conclusion
Restate the contention-but avoidrepetition of exact wording
Summary of main points
Link to the topic and the contention
Do Not introduce new ideas or
information
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Conclusion: Sentence
Samples On the whole…
Overall, it is obvious….
The portrayal of…is….in Year of
Wonders
Brooks presents….
Brooks supports…by…….
In some ways Brooks…..
Year of Wonders…
Brooks alerts the reader to….
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Character Vocabulary
When writing about characters, thefollowing will be helpful:
Accepting-complacent, docile , lenient
, submissive Aggressive-assertive , belligerent ,
forthright, militant
Charming-agreeable , appealing ,courteous , manipulative
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Characters
Cowardly-faint-hearted, fearful, spiritless,timid
Domineering-opinionated, officious,truculent
Ignorant-unaware,uneducated,unenlightened
Intelligent-articulate, astute, perceptive Merciless-cruel, inhumane,
ruthless,unforgiving Religious-devout, pious,faithful,spiritualNot all of these words can be used
interchangeably
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Paragraph:Sample sentences for
characters X exploits…. The actions of X indicate….
The responses of X assert…..
We learn that X is….. through….. X‟s reaction highlights……
X‟s total support for…..supports the
idea that…. X‟s disregard for…..causes a ……
X observes…
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Paragraph:Sample sentences
for characters X supports the view that…….
X is central to the concept……
X is the central character in…who
narrates the story
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Quotes
Integrate or incorporate quotes. Examples:
Year of Wonders is set in „plague
town‟ of Eyam in 1666. Milston bemoans to Anna that, ‟these
times, they do make monsters of usall‟.
Michael says ,‟ None of us is a master of himself as we should be in thesetimes‟ when explaining to Anna about
his anger against Jane Martin.