Fiction Analysis - Body Paragraph

Question 1

claim (provide the specific direction for the entire paragraph)

Answer 1

• author’s last name + a rhetorical verb + a literary technique/device + the generalized effect
• • E.g. Oates provides Judd with incredible introspective power, revealing his preternatural cerebral nature
• author’s last name + literary device/rhetorical verb combines + generalized effect
• • E.g. Oates’s provision of incredible introspective power in her characterization of Judd reveals his preternatural cerebral nature

Question 2

data

Answer 2

• introduce and give context to the quote first

- weave text into your own syntax

Question 3

warrant (elaborate, analyze and discusses and the example; explain what the data provides)

Answer 3

• warrant explains the data

- warrant should be half of your paragraph (twice as much warrant as data)

Question 4

conclude paragraph

Answer 4

a sentence that concludes the paragraph by connecting back to your claim

Question 5

what does the following text represent?

“Oates is pushing us to see…”

Answer 5

a conclusion

Question 6

body paragraphs should focus on _______ technique(s) per paragraph

Answer 6

one

Question 7

“…he acknowledges that “not just that [he] would lose the people…”

Answer 7

a warrant

Question 8

as Judd watches the brook bubble by…

Answer 8

data

Question 9

textual evidence the supports the claims being made by a writer

Answer 9

data

Question 10

Oates continues to supply Judd with incredible insight…

Answer 10

transition

Question 11

before you use a quote as an example, it’s important that you introduce and give _______ to the quote

Answer 11

context

Question 12

rhetorical device

Answer 12

…incredible introspective power…

Question 13

Oates’s choice to provide Judd…

Answer 13

claim

Question 14

purpose of claims in a body paragraph

Answer 14

to provide the specific direction for the entire body paragraph

Question 15

for such a young man to recognize…

Answer 15

warrant