1. What steps do you take to fully integrate quotations &/or supporting details in your writing?

2. Let’s define the following word:
Explicate

3. Let’s dismantle this word:
Expli = Explain
(to make sense of a subject with multiple parts)
ate =
to act on
Thus,
Explicate: to actively interpret the deeper meaning of a subject with multiple parts.

4. “EXPLICATION” format is…
CONTEXT. - Begins w/ a topic sentence. - The who, what, where, & when of the quote to come... “QUOTE” (#). - Properly formatted (MLA). ANALYSIS. - The why of the quote. - Strive for “language level” analysis; and remember 1:2 (quote: analysis) ratio! - Connect to your thesis.

5. Class List of Assumed TERMS for STYLE
DICTION: Connotation vs. denotation
Imagery – a vague term for language that evokes sense-impressions (sight, sound, etc.)
Rhetorical strategies:
Repetition
Antithesis
Rhetorical questions
Rhetoric – the deliberate exploitation of eloquence for the most persuasive effect

6. Class List of Assumed Literary Devices
Symbolism
Metaphor and Simile
(using like or as)
Personification
Irony – a subtly humorous perception of inconsistency
Metonymy – replaces the name of one thing with the name of something closely associated with it (i.e. “the bottle”)
Synecdoche – something is referred to indirectly by naming only some part of it (i.e. “hands” for laborers)

7. So, remember ‘EXPLICATION’ format…
CONTEXT. - Begins w/ a topic sentence. - The who, what, where, & when of the quote to come... “QUOTE” (#). - Properly formatted (MLA). ANALYSIS. - The why of the quote. - Strive for “language level” analysis; and remember 1:2 (quote: analysis) ratio! - Connect to your thesis.

8. So, remember ‘EXPLICATION’ format…
CONTEXT. - Begins w/ a topic sentence. - The who, what, where, & when of the quote to come... “QUOTE” (#). - Properly formatted (MLA). ANALYSIS. - The why of the quote. - Strive for “language level” analysis; and remember 1:2 (quote: analysis) ratio! - Connect to your thesis.

9. So, remember ‘EXPLICATION’ format…
CONTEXT. - Begins w/ a topic sentence. - The who, what, where, & when of the quote to come... “QUOTE” (#). - Properly formatted (MLA). ANALYSIS. - The why of the quote. - Strive for “language level” analysis; and remember 1:2 (quote: analysis) ratio! - Connect to your thesis.

10. So, remember ‘EXPLICATION’ format…
CONTEXT. - Begins w/ a topic sentence. - The who, what, where, & when of the quote to come... “QUOTE” (#). - Properly formatted (MLA). ANALYSIS. - The why of the quote. - Strive for “language level” analysis; and remember 1:2 (quote: analysis) ratio! - Connect to your thesis.