1. Harvard Extension School Expo E-25; Section 6 (7:30PM-9:30PM) Instructor: Julie Anne McNary 1. Please check your Elluminate Audio Wizard; 2. We will begin at 7:30PM.

2. Harvard University Extension School Spring Semester 2012 Expository Writing E25: Introduction to Academic Writing and Critical Reading Analyzing the Short Story

3. Our Book and Chapters ISBN #0-321-47583-6 ISBN #0-321-47583-6 Chapters we’ve read so far: Chapters we’ve read so far: –1: Reading a Story –2. Point of View –3. Character –4. Setting –5. Tone and Style –6. Theme –13. Writing about A Story –7. Symbol –8. Evaluating a Story

4. Overview  Essay #1 FINAL Draft – due Monday night, 3/12, before you go on Spring Break.  Essay #2 – Comparison and Contrast Essay  Introduction to the Assignment  In-class writing assignment  Expanded Reading Assignment over break  Two short writing assignments over break  Early Release so you can go work yourselves to the bone…or whatever.

5. REFNING YOUR THESIS, TOPIC SENTENCES & CONCLUSION First, make sure to push your thesis into a more complex realm by moving beyond observational data gathering and into analysis. You will have gathered a lot of relevant observations, but you must move beyond these observations in order to construct a proper thesis. First, make sure to push your thesis into a more complex realm by moving beyond observational data gathering and into analysis. You will have gathered a lot of relevant observations, but you must move beyond these observations in order to construct a proper thesis. THINK SYNERGY! THINK SYNERGY! THINK “SO WHAT?” THINK “SO WHAT?” Remember that your conclusion should both comment on and answer your thesis statement, and also open new vistas of thinking… Remember that your conclusion should both comment on and answer your thesis statement, and also open new vistas of thinking…

6. Body Paragraph Organization Body Paragraph Organization Once again, beyond your thesis and conclusion, you must think very carefully about your body paragraphs – the building blocks of your essay. Once again, beyond your thesis and conclusion, you must think very carefully about your body paragraphs – the building blocks of your essay. Look carefully for: Look carefully for: – topic sentences that state an analytical claim, –several examples of evidence, and your commentary thereupon –3-5 sentences of analysis with which you conclude and comment further before moving into the next paragraph..

7. Essay #1 Peer Review – 35 minutes I will pair you with another student. I will pair you with another student. Exchange e-mails via the chat room. Exchange e-mails via the chat room. Send your first draft to your peer. Send your first draft to your peer. Read your peer’s work carefully and pay particular attention to his/her thesis, topic sentences, and conclusion Read your peer’s work carefully and pay particular attention to his/her thesis, topic sentences, and conclusion Make sure to check for body paragraph structure (and analysis!) Make sure to check for body paragraph structure (and analysis!) Try to distill what your peer is arguing into a few clear sentences. Try to distill what your peer is arguing into a few clear sentences. Then offer your peer three positive comments, and three areas of concern. Then offer your peer three positive comments, and three areas of concern. Remember, you are NOT an ultimate authority, so please be careful to comment as a peer, and not as God…or Captain America. Remember, you are NOT an ultimate authority, so please be careful to comment as a peer, and not as God…or Captain America. Send your comments to your peer and upload them to the appropriate iSite dropbox. Send your comments to your peer and upload them to the appropriate iSite dropbox.

8. Technical Issues Proof-reading on two levels YOUR OWN INVESTMENT MLA documentation: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s1.html Questions about your Final Draft

9. The Stories for Essay #2  A & P  Teenage Wasteland  How to Talk to a Hunter  Sonny’s Blues  Roman Fever  The Girl on the Plane  Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?  The Jilting of Granny Weatherall  Until Gwen  Hills like White Elephants  The Lottery  The Smile on Happy Chang’s Face (new)  Miss Brill  Cathedral  Rich Brother  The Storm  To Build A Fire  The Greasy Lake  A Pair of Tickets  Lost in the Funhouse  The Things They Carried  Winter Dreams  The Open Boat  Bigfoot Stole My Wife (new)  Everything that Rises Must Converge (new)

10. Overview of Essay #2 Harvard’s Comparison and Contrast paper outline Harvard’s Comparison and Contrast paper outline Sample paper Sample paper

11. Graphic #1 Topic Story 2 Story 1

12. Graphic #2 Topic in Story 1 Story 2

13. TWO SAMPLE BODY PARAGRAPH ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES Body #1 – First Textual Similarity: Body #1 – First Textual Similarity: –Text #1 –Text #2 –Analysis that synthesizes the above Body #2 – Second Similarity: Body #2 – Second Similarity: –Text #1 –Text #2 –Analysis that synthesizes the above Body #3 – First Difference: Body #3 – First Difference: –Text #1 –Text #2 –Analysis that synthesizes the above Body #4 – Second Difference: Body #4 – Second Difference: –Text #1 –Text #2 –Analysis that synthesizes the above Body #1 – First Topic Point: Body #1 – First Topic Point: –Similarities between Texts 1 & 2 –Differences between Texts 1&2 –Analysis that synthesizes the above Body #2 – Second Topic Point Body #2 – Second Topic Point –Similarities between Texts 1 & 2 –Differences between Texts 1&2 –Analysis that synthesizes the above Body #3 – Third Topic Point: Body #3 – Third Topic Point: –Similarities between Texts 1 & 2 –Differences between Texts 1&2 –Analysis that synthesizes the above Body #4 – Fourth Topic Point: Body #4 – Fourth Topic Point: –Similarities between Texts 1 & 2 –Differences between Texts 1&2 –Analysis that synthesizes the above

14. Third Organizational Approach THESIS PARAGRAPH THESIS PARAGRAPH Body 1: First Point in Story #1 Body 1: First Point in Story #1 –Evidence –Analysis Body 2: Second Point Story #1 Body 2: Second Point Story #1 –Evidence –Analysis Body 3: First Point in Story #2 Body 3: First Point in Story #2 –Evidence –Analysis Body 4: Second Point Story #2 Body 4: Second Point Story #2 –Evidence –Analysis Body 5: Merging Point 1 (both stories) Body 5: Merging Point 1 (both stories) –Evidence –Analysis Body 6: Merging Point 2 (both stories) Body 6: Merging Point 2 (both stories) –Evidence –Analysis Conclusion (both stories) Conclusion (both stories) –Bigger Picture –So What?

15. Important Tips for Essay #2 Make sure that you have analyzed your material enough to construct a MEANINGFUL, INTEGRATED and COMPLEX thesis… Make sure that you have analyzed your material enough to construct a MEANINGFUL, INTEGRATED and COMPLEX thesis… Avoid the “tennis ball approach,” i.e. simply bouncing back and forth constantly and repetitively, almost like hitting material back and forth over a net. Avoid the “tennis ball approach,” i.e. simply bouncing back and forth constantly and repetitively, almost like hitting material back and forth over a net. Concentrate on synergy, the 2+2=5 that will make your analysis striking and original. Concentrate on synergy, the 2+2=5 that will make your analysis striking and original.

16. In Class Exercise 2.01 Twenty-five minutes… Twenty-five minutes… First please consider one of the topic areas of study we have concentrated on in our text book: plot, character, setting, theme, point of view, etc. First please consider one of the topic areas of study we have concentrated on in our text book: plot, character, setting, theme, point of view, etc. Then, choose two stories that you feel are uniquely compelling examples of an author’s use of the above. Then, choose two stories that you feel are uniquely compelling examples of an author’s use of the above. Examples: Examples: –Fear in The Things They Carried and Greasy Lake or Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? –Setting in Roman Fever and The Storm; –Body Language in Teenage Wasteland and A&P –The use of the second person point of view in How to Talk to a Hunter and Until Gwen –Music in Sonny’s Blues and Where are You Going, Where Have You Been? –Society in The Lottery and The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Prepare a list of three compelling examples of your topic from Story #1 and three from Story #2. Prepare a list of three compelling examples of your topic from Story #1 and three from Story #2. Answer the following questions: How do these examples relate to one another? How are they similar? how are they different? Does one author’s use of setting shed light on another’s? And if so how? Answer the following questions: How do these examples relate to one another? How are they similar? how are they different? Does one author’s use of setting shed light on another’s? And if so how?

17. Exercise – Intro and Outline, 3/19 In the manner in which you constructed Exercise 1.3, write a detailed outline of your Essay #2 In the manner in which you constructed Exercise 1.3, write a detailed outline of your Essay #2 Construct an introductory paragraph(s) in which you outline the source stories, and state your thesis Construct an introductory paragraph(s) in which you outline the source stories, and state your thesis Outline each body paragraph in the manner we have laboriously discussed: topic sentence that states an analytical claim, evidence from the text, analysis thereof, transition to the next paragraph; Outline each body paragraph in the manner we have laboriously discussed: topic sentence that states an analytical claim, evidence from the text, analysis thereof, transition to the next paragraph; YOU MAY FOLLOW text by text format, or point by point – see How to Write a Comparative Analysis document on our website. YOU MAY FOLLOW text by text format, or point by point – see How to Write a Comparative Analysis document on our website. Construct a loose conclusion in which you open new vistas of analysis Construct a loose conclusion in which you open new vistas of analysis We will conduct conferences that week, as well. We will conduct conferences that week, as well. Final will be due on 4/9 Final will be due on 4/9