For Draft 1 submit the following information in 5 paragraphs following the structure outlined in the graphic organizer below:
What is the theme the author is portraying? (This should be a sentence, or two at most, and be a specific comment the author is making about a topic. This will be your thesis statement.)
What three passages/pieces of evidence will you incorporate? What scenes or passages best illustrate this claim? How does this illustrate your claim?
Use this handout about verbs for literary analysis to help you diversify the verbs you use below (so instead of “demonstrate” or “shows”, you may want to use “highlights” or “moralizes”)
Short story i choose is sonny blues by james baldwin
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