Universidad de Costa RicaSede CaribeProf. Victor Hugo Acosta CerdasRhetoric IIIMay 8th, 2018I Semester 2018

General Guidelines for Making Essaysabout Literature

More Requirements to consider for each Essay's Final Version: Each of the essays to be done must be at least 3 pages

long(double spaced). Each essay must contain at least 3(no more than

5) primary sources(citations) to support the thesis. Secondary sources are not mandatory,

but if you find some support to your thesis you can use them, also.

After the Works Cited page, each student must include the outline of the essay(Appendix A) and a copy of the short

story(or summary of it).This part must be titled: Appendix B. Center the "Appendix" heading. Do not italicize, bold, or

underline the heading. If including multiple appendices, label each as “Appendix A,” “Appendix B,” and so on.

Read the following Rubric carefully. These are the aspects that are going to be considered for evaluating all of the essays that are going to be done in this course.

Outline Structure for Literary Analysis EssayEssay's Title:_________________________

I. Introduction

A brief summary of the text, including the author’s name and title of the work. FOCUS ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT, NOT little details that are not memorable.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tell us what your topic is.i.e. Reference to your chosen topic.

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End with your THESIS STATEMENT. This is THE LAST SENTENCE of your INTRODUCTION.

It must include your 3 pieces of supporting evidence that you will use to PROVE YOUR THESIS IS CORRECT.

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II. First Body Paragraph (1st supporting reason):A. Topic Sentence

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____________________________________________________________________B. Expand and give specific examples

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C. Evidence → Quote from text ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Analysis (analyze/connect evidence to supporting reason and argument) _______________________________________________________________________

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III. Second Body Paragraph (2nd supporting reason):A. Topic Sentence

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B. Expand and give specific examples ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Evidence → Quote from text. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Analysis (analyze/connect evidence to supporting reason and argument) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

IV. Third Body Paragraph (3rd supporting reason):A. Topic Sentence

________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

B. Expand and give specific examples ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Evidence → Quote from text _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Analysis (analyze/connect evidence to supporting reason and argument) ___________________________________________________________________

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V. ConclusionA. Restate your thesis in a new and refreshing way._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________B. Summarize your 3 main points that prove your thesis.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________E. Meaningful closing that relates to your topic._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________