a super-fast introduction to your best paper Jessica Pitts Writing Studio Coordinator

Who Who does this issue impact? Who benefits? Who suffers?

What What’s at stake? What is the state of the situation? What is being done?

Where Where is this most relevant/predominant? Where is the action? What is the background situation?

When When has this been noted? Has the issue changed over time?

Why Why is this so important? Why is this issue an issue? Why do the characters do what they do?

How How did this issue come about? How do people react? How do characters act towards each other?

Don’t overthink it! Keep it to one idea per paragraph NOW WHAT?

(take one thing at a time) Intro Broad to Specific THE BIG PICTURE to your hypothesis Body paragraphs: One idea per paragraph (take one thing at a time) Specific to Broad Reframe your argument to the implications Conclusion

The parts of a good introduction: What is your topic? Ex: gender roles Put the topic in context Ex: clothing and gender Primary texts used Ex: Woolf’s Orlando Your argument: Putting it all together What’s the “take away”? Introduction ( )

Topic sentence: what’s this paragraph’s main POINT? Just remember: TEAL T Topic sentence: what’s this paragraph’s main POINT? E Evidence: what supports your point? (Quote/paraphrase/example) A Analysis: How are YOU interpreting this evidence? L Link to thesis: How does this evidence and your interpretation of it support your thesis?

The parts of a good conclusion: Reframe your hypothesis You made your case Significance of results Major points made Put it in context Back to the big picture The implications What’s the “take away”? What’s the impact?

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