Frankenstein Mary Shelley “I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion…” “I never beheld anything so utterly destroyed.” “The beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”

Othello William Shakespeare “Your daughter and the Moor are making the beast with two backs.” “Beware of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” “O devil, devil” If that the earth could teem with woman’s tears, each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.” “demand this demi-devil why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body.”

BRAVE NEW WORLD Aldous Huxley “Christianity without tears- that’s what soma is.” “But I don’t want comfort. I want God,…I want goodness, I want sin.” “COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.” “Oh, Brave New World, with such people in it”

The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien “A thing may happen and be a total lie” “story truth is truer sometimes than happening truth.” “You’re never more alive than when you’re almost dead.”

Metamorphosis Franz Kafka “That was the voice of an animal.” “This picture at least would now certainly be taken away by no-one.” “Without his willing it…his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils.”

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne “Many people refused to interpret the scarlet ‘A’ by its original signification.” “she named the infant ‘Pearl’ as being of great price.” “No man, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered.”

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald “The best thing a girl can be is a beautiful little fool.” – Daisy “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”- Nick “Gatsby believed in the green light.-

Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller “Be well-liked and you will never want” “You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away- a man is not a piece of fruit” “After all the highways…you end up worth more dead than alive.”

CLOSE Conclude the essay, tying up all your ideas, connecting them to the thesis; however, do more than just restate what you have already said. Reach for the great closing line that delivers to the reader a final WOW! Be creative. Teachers have already read your essay, you don't have to summarize it again. Revisit some points, but don't retell it. Don't reinvent. Definitely don't bring up anything new. If you've found yourself doing this, probably make it a whole different paragraph. TILL statement “This is Like Life…”

5. On the bottom of the page write a “T. I. L. L…” statement 5. On the bottom of the page write a “T.I.L.L…” statement. Then, remove the TILL part. That is, don’t use it