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Romanticism Essay Assignment

You will choose one of the topics below and write an essay using the writing process.

Topics

A. Romantic writers are well known for their use of imagery. Write an essay in which you analyze the mood of one of the stories, discussing how the author’s use of imagery affects or creates the mood.

B. Pick one of the elements of Romanticism (PICIMINE) and explain how it is used in one or more stories.

C. Write a character analysis essay in which you analyze Tom Walker or Dr. Heidegger.

D. Write an essay in which you analyze the symbolism in “Masque of the Red Death.”

Specifics…

• You must have at least 4, but no more than 6, paragraphs in the essay.

• The entire essay must have at least 3 embedded quotes from the story/stories (at least 1 quote from each story if you write about more than 1)

• Each body paragraph must include at least one embedded quote from the story/stories.

• NO use first-person or second-person point of view (no “I,” “me,” “you,” “we,” etc.)

➢ 1 Major Grade, 2nd 6 weeks

1. Brainstorming

2. Thesis Statement

3. Embedded Quotes

4. Outline

5. Rough Draft

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➢ 1 Major Grade, 3rd 6 weeks: Final Draft.

Your Essay Should Follow This Basic Outline

I. Introduction. 4-6 sentences

a. Sentence 1 = hook /introduction sentence.

b. Sentence2 2-4 = brief summary of the story/stories. You may want to include a bit of information about the author/s, too.

c. Last sentence = thesis statement. This is a sentence that basically says what the essay will be about, but it does NOT start with “This essay will be about…” The thesis statement sets up the organization of your body paragraphs.

II. Body Paragraph #1. You must have at least 2, no more than 4 body paragraphs. Each body paragraph should be at least 4 sentences.

a. Topic sentence. Each topic sentence will be a statement that helps support your thesis statement.

b. Each topic sentence should have at least 2 supporting details – sentences that help support your topic, help show that your topic sentence (main idea) is true.

c. You must also include at least one embedded quote in each body paragraph. The quote will help to support your topic.

d. End each body paragraph with a statement that will lead or flow into the next paragraph.

III. Body Paragraph #2. If you only have 2 body paragraphs, skip body paragraph #3 and #4, and go on to the conclusion.

IV. Body Paragraph #3. If you only have 3 body paragraphs, skip body paragraph #4 and go on to the conclusion.

V. Body paragraph #4.

VI. Conclusion – this will be your final paragraph. 3-5 sentences.

a. Restate your thesis statement (reword it; don’t copy and paste)

b. Summarize main points in your essay

c. “Wrap it up” – add a concluding thought that will make the reader think more about your topic, or that might call the reader to action to read more of these works.

Romanticism Literary Analysis Essay

Writing Process Check & Thesis Statement

Which topic have you chosen? A B C D. Why did you choose this topic? ____________ ____________________________________________________________________________

A. Romantic writers are well known for their use of imagery. Write an essay in which you analyze the mood of one of the stories, discussing how the author’s use of imagery affects or creates the mood.

B. Pick one of the elements of Romanticism (PICIMINE) and explain how it is used in one or more stories.

C. Write a character analysis essay in which you analyze Tom Walker or Dr. Heidegger.

D. Write an essay in which you analyze the symbolism in “Masque of the Red Death.”

Thesis Statement: The thesis statement is the “central message” of your essay and the last sentence in your introduction. It states what your essay will be about without writing “This essay will be about.”

• For example, if you are writing a character analysis essay about Abigail Williams in The Crucible, your thesis statement might read: “In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams was a manipulative, selfish girl who ruined the lives of many people in Salem.”

• This thesis statement tells the reader that your essay will be about

1. The Crucible by Arthur Miller

2. the character, Abigail Williams

3. 2 of her character traits

• What will the 1st body paragraph be about? ______________ The 2nd? ____________

Look above at the topic you chose. Read the prompt. Highlight parts of the prompt that give you an idea of what needs to go in your thesis statement. You should include:

1) title of story & author

2) what you are analyzing (character, mood & imagery, symbolism, romanticism)

3) specifics you will write about (character traits, mood/imagery, symbols, etc.). The order you include these “specifics” in your thesis statement determine the order they will be found in your essay.

Now, write your initial thesis statement below.

Initial Thesis Statement: ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________After you start writing your essay, you may need to revise the thesis statement

Revised thesis statement _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Embedding Quotes as Supporting Details in Your Body Paragraphs

First, you will have 2-4 body paragraphs that support your thesis statement (that prove your thesis statement is true). Each body paragraph will have a topic sentence. Supporting details in each paragraph will prove that the topic sentence is true. Each embedded quote in the body paragraphs will be one of those supporting details, helping to prove that your topic sentence is true.

You want to find at least 3 quotes from the story (stories) that help support your body paragraphs, and thus your thesis statement.

Body Paragraph #1: Topic (main idea) = ________________________________

Quote from the story that helps support the topic (that helps to prove the topic is true) = _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Body Paragraph #2: Topic (main idea) = ________________________________

Quote from the story that helps support the topic (that helps to prove the topic is true) = _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Body Paragraph #3 (paragraph is optional; 3rd embedded quote is required):

Topic (main idea) = ________________________________

Quote from the story that helps support the topic (that helps to prove the topic is true) = _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(optional) Body Paragraph #4: Topic (main idea) = ________________________________

Quote from the story that helps support the topic (that helps to prove the topic is true) = _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

OUTLINE for ESSAY (circle one) A B C D. You can write your sentences (or sentence ideas) below. If your essay will be more than 4 paragraphs, use a separate sheet of paper for the additional body paragraphs.

I. Introduction. 4-6 sentences

a. Hook:

b. Summary of story/stories. (optional: author info)

c. Thesis statement.

II. Body Paragraph #1 at least 4 sentences.

a. Topic sentence.

b. Detail supporting topic w/ embedded quote.

c. Detail supporting topic (w/ embedded quote if not in sentence “b”)

d. Transition sentence

III. Body Paragraph #2 at least 4 sentences.

a. Topic sentence.

b. Detail supporting topic w/ embedded quote.

c. Detail supporting topic (w/ embedded quote if not in sentence “b”)

d. Transition sentence

IV. Body Paragraph #3 (same as #1 & 2)

V. Body Paragraph #4 (same as #1 & 2)

VI. Conclusion – this will be your final paragraph. 3-5 sentences.

a. Restate your thesis statement (reword it; don’t copy and paste)

b. Summarize main points in your essay

c. “Wrap it up” – add a concluding thought that will make the reader think more about your topic (but do NOT write “you should think about…”, or that might call the reader to action to read more of these works.

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