Harvard Extension School Expo E-25; Section 12 (5:30PM-7:30PM) Instructor: Julie Anne McNary Please check your Elluminate Audio Wizard We will begin at 5:30PM.

Online WebConference Via Elluminate Software Website: Elluminate Room: Expository Writing E25: Introduction to Academic Writing and Critical Reading Analyzing the Short Story

Overview  Housecleaning – comments, drop box, text book, issues, etc.  Some basic quick tips for all papers  A strong writing sample 1.1 exercise  General Overview of Essay #1Class Discussion and in-class writing exercise: The Girl on the Plane  The Aristotelian Appeals  Your rhetoric exercises

Some quick basic tips A strong opening line that includes the title of the story, reference to the writer thereof; A strong opening line that includes the title of the story, reference to the writer thereof; An opening paragraph that summarizes the action of the story, and states your claim; An opening paragraph that summarizes the action of the story, and states your claim; When possible, always use active versus passive construction When possible, always use active versus passive construction Be careful of switching tenses Be careful of switching tenses Be conscious of the logical connections you want to make and how they relate to each other. Be conscious of the logical connections you want to make and how they relate to each other. Be conscious of your paragraph structure Be conscious of your paragraph structure

Strong Paragraph Structure Clear, direct topic sentence that states some sort of claim; Clear, direct topic sentence that states some sort of claim; Evidence and examples from the text that respond to and/or support that claim; Evidence and examples from the text that respond to and/or support that claim; Transitions and coherent explication if you are addressing a complex claim with several points of connection; Transitions and coherent explication if you are addressing a complex claim with several points of connection; A sentence that both provides closure and helps transition into the next paragraph. A sentence that both provides closure and helps transition into the next paragraph.

Overview of Paper #1 Elements of an Academic Essay, Gordon Harvey Elements of an Academic Essay, Gordon Harvey Close Reading Close Reading Essay One – Structure Essay One – Structure Common Problems when Quoting Common Problems when Quoting Proof Reading Guide Proof Reading Guide All of the above are in your course documents file on our web site.

The Girl on the Plane, Mary Gaitskill

In Class Exercise For the next twenty minutes, please think about the following question, and try to construct a strong opening paragraph that responds thereto: For the next twenty minutes, please think about the following question, and try to construct a strong opening paragraph that responds thereto: If you were forced to write a character analysis in which you argue that John is, in some ways, a sympathetic character, how would you go about doing so? If you were forced to write a character analysis in which you argue that John is, in some ways, a sympathetic character, how would you go about doing so?

Classical Rhetoric and the Aristotelian Appeals The strategies we use when we write or speak persuasively Lecture and see Rhetoric Exercises on our Website – WE’LL GET TO THIS NEXT WEEK!!

Exercise 1.3 – Intro and outline Please write your introductory paragraph of Essay #1. Make sure to include a strong opening sentence, a quick summary of your story, your analytical question, and your thesis. Please write your introductory paragraph of Essay #1. Make sure to include a strong opening sentence, a quick summary of your story, your analytical question, and your thesis. Then outline the body paragraphs that follow: topic sentence, evidence, and transition sentence – stitching – just bullets; Then outline the body paragraphs that follow: topic sentence, evidence, and transition sentence – stitching – just bullets; Then, take a stab at your larger conclusion, just a sentence or two. Then, take a stab at your larger conclusion, just a sentence or two.