Presiding Officer Training module 2024 lok sabha elections
Guide To Short Essays
1. A Guide to Writing Short Essays For the Confused and Anxious Literature Student
2. Have A Thesis A Conclusion that does not repeat the introduction TEA paragraphs An Introduction of more than one sentence
3. Avoid Plot summary Formulaic 3-point Thesis Limiting yourself to only Five paragraphs Mechanical transitions
4. Strategies Use inductive reasoning: close reading, followed by observation of patterns, repeated images, anything you notice Allow your analysis to develop naturally from your observations Try looking for binaries or irony as a “way in”
5. More Strategies Organize rhetorically, by analytical points, rather than by the order of the plot (which can lead to too much summary) Explain fully: think of teaching the piece to someone, and don’t think of me as your audience.
6. Your Thesis Must not be a statement of fact Must be arguable (in other words, someone should be able to disagree with you)
7. Bad “Stones” is a story about a boy whose father is destroyed by his experiences in WW2.
8. Better In Timothy Findlay’s short story of the same title, “stones” are used symbolically to represent the complexities of human relationships.
