English 10Ms. BugaschJune 6, 2014

Goals 1. Learn how to write a critical

lens essay: Introductions

FFW Hand in Night Tests

Share interpretations of the following quote: “All is fair in love and war.”

Answer the following question in your notebook: What piece of literature can you think

of that applies to this quote? Explain how.

YOUR TASK

Write a critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your essay, provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the two works. You may use scrap paper to plan your response. Write your essay beginning on page 3 of the essay booklet.

CRITICAL LENS: “All is fair in love and war.”

- John Lyly's 'Euphues' (1578)

YOUR GUIDLINES

Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes the criteria for analysis

Indicatewhetheryouagreeordisagreewiththestatementasyouhaveinterpretedit

Choose two works you have read that you believe best support your opinion

Use the criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works you have chosen

Avoidplotsummary.Instead,usespecificreferencestoappropriateliteraryelements (for example: theme, characterization, setting, point of view) to develop your analysis

Organize your ideas in a unified and coherent manner

Specify the titles and authors of the literature you choose

Follow the conventions of standard written English

Introduction

FOUR STEPS:

1.Introduce/State Quote

2.Interpret Quote

3.Agree with the Quote

4.Thesis (TAG literature)

Introduction

STEP ONE:

1. - State Quote

- Recopy the critical lens statement (the quote) word for word and leave it in quotation marks. Be sure to state who said the quote or to note that it was stated by an anonymous speaker.

Example: John Lyly once said, “All is fair in love and war.”

Introduction

STEP TWO:

2.Interpret Quote. In other words, put the quote into your own words.

Example: This quotation means that no rules apply when it comes to getting what you want.

Introduction

STEP THREE:

3. Agree or disagree with the quote (without saying “I”) and very briefly explain why.

Example: This quotation holds true in both life and in literature because when people or characters in books want something back enough, nothing will hold them back.

IntroductionSTEP FOUR:

4.Thesis

- Finally, give the title, author and genre (TAG) of the books you are about to discuss and the literary elements, and connect them to the quote.

- Be sure to include proper punctuation around the title of the story.

Example: In the drama, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, and the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, conflicts and themes demonstrate that if something means enough to an individual, it is worth fighting for regardless of what’s right or wrong.

CLOSURE

Clear your desks

Exit Pass: Write down 4 steps to critical lens essay introduction

HOMEWORK

1. Write introduction for critical lens