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EnglishWriting 2 HaoGuilian Ph D YunnanNormalUniversityFall 2011 In classpresentation Theoutlineofyouressaywriting Whatisthefocus studyingpoint ofyouressay Howdidyouorganizeit Whatstandarddidyouhavewhenyoucametojudgeitthewayyoudid Whatisyourconclusion Readtheessaytogether THEFOURTHOFJULY ByAudreLorde QuestionsforCloseReading 1 Whatistheselection sthesis ornarrativepoint Locatethesentence s inwhichLordestateshermainidea Ifshedoesn tstatethethesisexplicitly expressitinyourownwords 2 Inparagraph4 LordedescribestheelaboratepicnichermotherpreparedforthetriptoWashington D C WhydidLorde smothermakesuchelaboratepreparations WhatdothesepreparationstellusaboutLorde smother Therewereprobablytworeasons Ontheonehand bytakingavarietyoffoodwiththemonthetrip thefamilymemberscouldsavesomemoney fordiningcarfoodwastooexpensive Ontheotherhand asblackpeople theywerenotallowedintorailroaddiningcarsatthattime 3 Whyhadthewriter seldersisterbeenpreventedfromgoingtoWashingtonD C withherhighschoolclassmates BecauseshewasblackandallherclassmateswerewhiteandtheywouldbestayinginahotelwhichdidnotrentroomstoNegroes 4 WhydidthewriterspendthewholenextdayafterMasssquintingupattheLincolnMemorial AndwhyhadMarianAndersonsungattheLincolnMemorialaftertheD A R refusedtoallowhertosingintheirauditoriumbecauseshewasBlack ItwasLincoln theAmericanPresident wholiberatedtheblacksinAmerica whoadvocatedfreedomforthecoloredandwhoevensacrificedhislifefortheemancipationoftheblackpeople BoththewriterandMarianAndersoncherishedthememoryofthisgreatman MarianAndersonhadsungattheLincolnMemorial alsobecauseshewantedtospreadLincoln snobleideas toshowthathisnobleideashadnotbeenrealizedandtocallonpeopletofightagainstracialdiscriminationandsegregationsoastomakeLincoln snoblethoughtcometrueandwinliberationandfreedomfortheblackpeople 5 Whilesquintingupatmonumentstofreedomandpastpresidenciesanddemocracy thewriterwaswonderingwhythelightandheatwerebothsomuchstrongerinWashingtonD C thanbackhomeinNewYorkCity Eventhepavementonthestreetswasashadelighterincolorthanbackhome Anysymbolicmeaning Here mostprobably thewhitelightandheatandthewhitepavementonthestreetssymbolizethewhitedomination Actually thewriterwaswonderingwhythewhitedominationorracialdiscriminationwasevenstrongerinWashingtonD C thanbackhomeinNewYorkCity 6 Howdidthewriter sparentsandhertwosistersrespondtotheunfairtreatmentafterwards Thewriter sparentswouldn tspeakoftheinjustice notbecausetheyhadcontributedtoit butbecausetheyfelttheyshouldhaveanticipateditandavoidedit Neitherherparentsnorhersistersdemonstratedtheragetheyfeltinwardly instead theyallpretendedthatnothingunusualandanti Americanhadoccurred 7 Howdidthewriterfeelaftertheinjustice ThewriterwasplungedintoextremeexasperationandwasgoingtowritealetterofprotesttothepresidentoftheUSA Thisprofoundexperienceofwhitedomination racialdiscriminationandsegregationsodeeplyaffectedthewriterthatshefeltsicktoherstomachfortherestofthattrip Shedidn tthinkthatitwasmuchofagraduationpresentafterall WhatisLiteraryAnalysis It sliteraryIt sananalysisIt s AnArgument Itmayalsoinvolveresearchonandanalysisofsecondarysources Howisit literary Usually aliteraryanalysiswillinvolveadiscussionofatextaswriting thusliterary whichmeans havingtodowithletters Thiswillinvolvetheuseofcertainconceptsthatareveryspecificallyassociatedwithliterature Importantliteraryconcepts TheBasicsPlotSettingNarration pointofviewCharacterizationSymbolMetaphorGenreIrony ambiguity OtherkeyconceptsHistoricalcontextSocial political economiccontextsIdeologyMultiplevoicesVariouscriticalorientationsLiterarytheory WhatisanAnalysis AnanalysisofaliteraryworkmaydiscussHowthevariouscomponentsofanindividualworkrelatetoeachotherHowtwoseparateliteraryworksdealwithsimilarconceptsorformsHowconceptsandformsinliteraryworksrelatetolargeraesthetic political social economic orreligiouscontexts Howisaliteraryanalysisanargument Whenwritingaliteraryanalysis youwillfocusonspecificattribute s ofthetext s Whendiscussingtheseattributes youwillwanttomakesurethatyouaremakingaspecific arguablepoint thesis abouttheseattributes Youwilldefendthispointwithreasonsandevidencedrawnfromthetext Muchlikealawyer Whichisthebestthesisstatement Moby Dickisabouttheproblemofevil Moby Dickisboringandpointless Moby Dickisaboutabig whitewhale Theuseof whiteness inMoby DickillustratestheuncertaintyaboutthemeaningoflifethatIshmaelexpressesthroughoutthenovel HowdoIsupportathesisstatement Examplesfromthetext DirectquotationsSummariesofscenesParaphraseOthercritics opinionsHistoricalandsocialcontextAlwaysremembertoreadcarefullyandhighlightusefulpassagesandquotes Today swritingtask RewritetheessayafteryoureadTHEFOURTHOFJULYcarefullyonceagain FocusonONEspecificaspectonly andtrytoanalyzethatpointfurther Requirement nolessthan500words thelongerthebetter