1. Paper 2
Literature Essay

2. Choosing a question read each question carefully
determine what it is your are being asked to do
which 2 books have the most relevant examples
inventory your evidence
What- How – Why?

3. Discuss the significance of a particular times, places, or events either mentioned or implied.
Question 1

4. What am I being asked to do?
Discuss the significance of a particular times, places, or events either mentioned or implied.
Needs to be developed (comparison)
Definition of a: something that is conveyed as a meaning often obscurely or indirectly
b: the quality of being important  - in the moment
Specific to the narrative and its effect upon the readers understanding or interpretation
Directly mentioned or suggested
What am I being asked to do?
Decoding the question

5. Choose your books
Maus
Kafka on the Shore

6. Can I support my response?
Why
How
What

7. Organizing the evidence
World War II
Holocaust
Western influence on Japan
The forest (KEY)
Dreams and reality
Past-vs-Present
What
Narrator
Characters Quotes
Memories
Flashbacks
How
Think
Feel Do
Why

8. Writing plan – get SEXI
Take a stand – How do the writers use significant examples of times, places or events from real life and to what effect.
Subject Statements
Minimum of 2 examples
Illustrate or support your stand S ex i
Narrator
Describes in a passage
The reader thinks about
Quote by main character
Tells about experience
The reader feels
Flashback
Event in the past
The reader does

9. Introduction
Begin with general point that supports the question (quote)
Give an overview of the key issues involved in your question
Indicate the direction you have chosen to take (STAND)
Use the words in the question to show you understanding of what you are being asked to do
Link back to your beginning and the implications in the question.

10. Subject Statement –Examples-illustration

11. -Transitioning
From one idea (paragraph) to the next

12. conclusion