1. AGENDA 9-25
Slang Friday
Compare/Contrast Analysis
Revising claims and analysis
HW: Review Chapter 6 for Tuesday.

2. With you partner, evaluate the claims and analysis. What is positive
With you partner, evaluate the claims and analysis. What is positive? What needs improvement?

3. How do I create an authoritative claim?
MAKING EFFECTIVE CLAIMS AND ANALYSIS
How do I create an authoritative claim?
Introduce your conclusion
Provide a contrasting detail – “Although Daisy’s external appearance is beautiful…”
Present a change in time – “Initially, Daisy’s identity seem superficial…”
Anchor your claim to an event – “Despite Daisy’s social and material success….”
Directly state your claim
INDIRECT: “, but I think that her behavior and liking of Gatsby make her interesting”
DIRECT: “ ; however, Daisy’s intimate feelings for Gatsby make her a dynamic character.”

4. How do I know I’ve “explained enough”?
Provide context instead of summary
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: “In the beginning of the novel, Daisy’s gossipy and her self-absorbed behavior reveals the character’s superficial interests and shallow attitude. Jordan reveals a different side of Daisy as she states, ‘[a]nd Daisy ought to have something in her life, murmured Jordan to me’ (81).”
SUMMARY: “Jordan implies how Daisy feels about Gatsby in the following quote, ‘[a]nd Daisy ought to have something in her life, murmured Jordan to me’ (81).”

5. How do I know I’ve “explained enough”?
4. Explain the quote using specific diction
WITH DICTION: Jordan implies that Daisy’s life is empty; even though Daisy is surrounded by luxury, she desperately needs “something” .
WITHOUT DICTION: Jordan is saying that Daisy is unhappy and has nothing good in her life.
5. Show the audience how you arrived to your conclusion
CONNECTING THE DOTS FOR YOUR READER: “Jordan suggests that Daisy deserves or “ought” to reconnect with Gatsby. The diction “ought” reminds the reader that Daisy has suffered through Tom’s infidelity and selfishness. Ultimately, Jordan implies that Daisy is entitled to love and happiness.
NOT CONNECTING THE DOTS: Jordan’s comment shows that Daisy deserves to love and be loved.

6. Prove the quote’s significance by connecting it to your claim!
CONNECTED TO CLAIM: Daisy’s inner sadness contrasts her first impression; the reader discovers that Daisy hides her true identity with a selfish and petty personality.
JUST REWORDING YOUR CLAIM: Although Daisy acts snobbishly, her need for love and feelings for Gatsby show she’s more than a snob.

7. With your partner, revise the claim.
Underline/look for phrases in the text that you think relate to the idea of dreams.
“As I went over to say goodbye I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby's face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness. Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams--not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. It had gone beyond her, beyond everything. He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart” (95).
Using the text you underlined in the above passage, make a claim about what this passage is telling the reader about dreams. Support your claim using textual evidence.
With your partner, revise the claim.

8. With your partner, revise the analysis.