1. Model for Essay Writing
AP English Literature
Fall 2013

2. 1) Read prompt 1977: In some novels and plays certain parallel or
recurring events prove to be significant. In an
essay, describe the major similarities and
differences in a sequence of parallel or recurring
events in a novel or play and discuss the
significance of such events. Do not merely
summarize the plot.

3. 2) Reread prompt 1977: In some novels and plays certain parallel or
recurring events prove to be significant. In an
essay, describe the major similarities and
differences in a sequence of parallel or recurring
events in a novel or play and discuss the
significance of such events. Do not merely
summarize the plot.

4. 3) Annotate the prompt
1977:
In some novels and plays certain parallel or
recurring events prove to be significant. In an
essay, describe the major similarities AND differences
in a sequence of parallel or recurring
events in a novel or play and discuss the
significance of such events. Do not merely
summarize the plot.

5. 4) Brainstorm Select a novel or play – IM (duh )
sequence of parallel or recurring events
describe the major similarities and differences
discuss the significance of such events

6. 5) Outline Intro. Paragraph
Ralph Ellison + active verb
* In Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison creates bestial scenes which illustrate the depths white men will go to in order to dehumanize the black man.
Amplifying Sentence
Answer with list of three
Transition clause, thematic statement

7. 5) Outline Intro. Paragraph
Amplifying Sentence
Horrifying scenes of black man pitted against black man merely for the entertainment of the white man permeates this novel.
Answer with list of three
Transition clause, thematic statement

8. 5) Outline Intro. Paragraph
Answer with list of three
The parallel scenes depicted in the Battle Royal, the Golden Day, and the Harlem Race Riots, find the Invisible Man not only opposed to his own race but doing it for the amusement of the white man. These scenes demonstrate humanity at its worst.
Transition clause, thematic statement

9. 5) Outline Intro. Paragraph
Transition clause, thematic statement
All of these scenes contribute to the Invisible Man’s living in “a hole” at the end of the novel and uphold Ellison’s theme that the world is not as it seems.

10. 6) Write Intro. Paragraph
In Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison creates bestial scenes which illustrate the depths white men will go to in order to dehumanize the black man. Horrifying scenes of black man pitted against black man merely for the entertainment of the white man permeate this novel. The parallel scenes depicted in the Battle Royal, the Golden Day, and the Harlem Race Riots, find the Invisible Man not only opposed to his own race but doing it for the amusement of the white man. All of these scenes contribute to the Invisible Man’s living in “a hole” at the end of the novel and uphold Ellison’s theme that the world is not as it seems.

11. 7) Begin Body One Paragraph
Battle Royal
The world is not as it seems.

12. 8) Begin Body Two Paragraph
The Golden Day
The world is not as it seems.

13. 9) Begin Body Three Paragraph
The Harlem Race Riot
The world is not as it seems.

14. 10) I have a little bit of a conclusion!
The conclusion should bring conclude your topic but not simply restate what you have already said. This is a good place in your novel to demonstrate your scholarly knowledge about Ellison, literary period, etc.