World literature, Your body paragraphs should quote and analyze the evidence fully, using the three levels of analysis (paraphrase (put the quote into your own words—“In other words…”; immediate analysis (pulling in specific words and evidence from the te.
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Each paper should focus on one passage or small section of a work that we have not talked about at length in class. You may, however, use new evidence to expand on something discussed in class.
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Develop a specific and argumentative thesis about the text or passage, and use evidence from the text to support your thesis in your body paragraphs. The thesis should not restate conventional wisdom or point out something that is already obvious in the text.
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You should have an introduction, 1-3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
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Your body paragraphs should quote and analyze the evidence fully, using the three levels of analysis (paraphrase (put the quote into your own words—“In other words…”; immediate analysis (pulling in specific words and evidence from the text and explaining how they support your overall point in this paragraph); and meta-analysis (connecting your analysis to the larger point you’re making)) for each quote. Any paragraph shorter than 5 sentences is probably not a good paragraph. Any paragraph, besides the intro or conclusion, that does not include evidence is probably not a good paragraph.
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Your conclusion should not simply restate your thesis statement; instead, summarize your argument briefly, then move on to why your argument matters. Does it change the way we should read the text, or the way we look at one of the characters? Does it highlight the importance of something that might otherwise seem mundane?
