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Response to Literature

Response to Literature. Response to Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. The Checklist. Use your checklist to ensure that you include all the required information for your essay. Complete the checklist in order, so that you stay organized. . The Outline.

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Response to Literature

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  1. Response to Literature Response to Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt

  2. The Checklist • Use your checklist to ensure that you include all the required information for your essay. • Complete the checklist in order, so that you stay organized.

  3. The Outline • Use the outline to help you organize your information. • Outlines will help you stay focused on supporting your thesis statement. • There are a variety of different types of outlines to use, so choose one that you understand the best.

  4. Write a Thesis Statement • Review your Response to Literature notes on “Writing a Thesis Statement” • Remember that in this essay, your thesis statement covers the main idea of an essay, while the topic sentence covers the main idea of a body paragraph.

  5. Write a Thesis Statement • Avoid using the words “I believe…” or “I think that…” • Include words from the prompt to help you write your thesis.

  6. Reasons= Topic Sentences • What three reasons that your thesis statement is true? • Those reasons will become your Topic Sentences for your three body paragraphs.

  7. Supporting Details • In order to prove that your reasons are true, you need to include details from the novel. • Make sure that the details directly support your topic sentence. • These details can be quotes or statements that you wrote in your notes. • If directly quoting the novel, make sure to put the quote in quotation marks and include the page number. • In the story, Dicey states, “Quotation” (#).

  8. Elaborative Statements • Elaborate,in your own words, to give the reader more information about your detail.

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