Skill #7 Literary Essay-Body Paragraph



Skill #5 Formal Literary Essay Body Paragraph

The chart provides the instructions, anatomy and an example of a formal literary body paragraph. Follow the model to communicate your ideas clearly.

| |Anatomy of Paragraph |Example of a Paragraph |

|[pic] |Opening Sentence states your argument (The Hatchet)|Scout is resentful of Blacks who hold power. |

| |Elaborate on the main idea or argument by defining |The relationship between Calpurnia and Scout illustrates the resentment as |

| |the key concept/word. |the Black housekeeper holds power over Scout, correcting manners, judging |

| | |opinions, and determining activities. While accepting her presence, Scout |

| | |harbours a deep resentment of power in a woman who is given a secondary |

| | |status in the community. |

|[pic] |Introduce the circumstances of the first quotation.|Scout demonstrates her resentment of powerful Blacks, when arguing with |

| | |Calpurnia, who had scolded her for having ridiculed Walter Cunningham’s |

| |(The Handshake) |manners. |

| |Add a brief introductory sentence before the |Scout recalls, when having to eat in the kitchen, that she told Calpurnia, |

| |quotation to identify the speaker. | |

|[pic] |State the quotation |“to just wait, I’d fix her: one of these days when she wasn’t looking I’d go |

| | |off and drown myself in Barker Eddy’s and then she’d be sorry…I added that |

| |(The Conversation) |she already got me in trouble once today: she had taught me to write…” (Lee, |

| | |25) |

|[pic] |Analyse the quotation, connecting it back to the |Scout’s argument with Calpurnia, as a result of having been disciplined by |

| |argument. |the Black cook, shows her resentment of powerful Blacks. She claims to be |

| | |“fixing her”, meaning to make her more docile and manageable for her |

| |(The Magnifying Glass) |endeavours. Scout challenges the power Calpurnia holds as a Black woman. |

| |Transition statement to the next example. |Her resentment is further illustrated when she … |

| | |

| |Explain the circumstances for the next quotation, state it, analyze it |

| |(Handshake, Conversation, Magnifying Glass) |

|[pic] |Concluding sentence for paragraph. Allude to the |Scout’s unflattering description of Calpurnia, her response to Calpurnia’s |

| |examples you used. |disciplining, and her criticism of her double life illustrates her |

| | |resentment, because she fails to accept the power of the Black woman in her |

| | |life. |

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