Journal/ Pre-Write Describe yourself using 3 adjectives

(descriptive words: funny, silly, smart) Pick 1 of the 3 words and list an instance

where you demonstrated (showed) this trait. Ex: Ms. Clendenin- ditzy (flighty, thoughtless,

silly) I once spent 10 minutes looking in, through and

around my car for my keys…which was especially hard because I had to do it one handed. I couldn’t use my right hand because they were holding…my keys.

Character Analysis

AKA:

Reading way more into the work than the author EVER intended!

Fun Fact: Mark Twain You know the man who looks

like Coronal Sanders? This was written on the first page of his novel… Persons attempting to

find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

Forgive us Mr. Twain…

Pre-write!

You will write a character analysis on one of the characters from a piece of literature we have read. Character analysis is a fancy name for an essay

that explains who the character is or why he/ she did something specific.

You will pick a character listed below : General Zaroff- “The Most Dangerous Game” Equality 7-2521- Anthem Odysseus- The Odyssey Mathilde- “The Necklace”

Now that you have your character…(and absolutely NO desire to write this paper)

You will create a flip chart to help you find textual evidence or PROOF of 3 character traits that your character possesses (similar to the journal). You will have all period to work on your chart and it

will be completed for homework. It is due for a grade tomorrow (Wednesday) at the

beginning of the period!

Flip open that FLIP chart!

Now that your flip chart is completed you will begin to “flesh out” your essay.

Remember an essay is like a map and I need instructions of where I am going. So what is the first thing you need for your essay?

A PROMPT/ THESIS! Remember your character analysis will

address 2 of the 3 character traits you have picked out and found textual evidence for.

Your job, with this essay, is to provide evidence that these character traits are true and how it effects the story.

Ex: Character: Rainsford Traits: intelligent, arrogant, uncompassionate

Creating your Thesis

EX: In Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford’s intelligence and arrogance allow him to beat General Zaroff and ultimately win the “game”. Character= Rainsford Traits=intelligence & arrogance I am going to prove how these traits effected

the character and with him the plot.

Quotes! That’s what they said…

So I need quotes that not only prove the traits but also help to prove how these traits effected the story.

Trait # 1: arrogance Quote 1: “Be a realist. The world is made up of two

classes– the hunters and the huntees…” (60). Quote 2: “He executed a series of intricate loops…Rest

brought him a new confidence and a feeling of security” (75).

Trait # 2: intelligence Quote 1: “” (22). Quote 2: “…seemed to suit his gloomy face and made

what had seemed at first an unsociable remoteness into something forbidding” (60).

Format of the paper

Intro.2 Body paragraphsConclusion

Intro. (this is cake compared to research)

Attention getter Quote from the story Rhetorical question

Basic info. Name the work, the author and a VERY

BASIC description of the short story/ novel. Thesis.

You should already have this written and checked it with me…

Intro example: What is the difference between predator and

prey? In William Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” this idea is explored when an avid hunter, suddenly finds himself the quarry in a deadly game. In Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford’s intelligence and arrogance allow him to beat General Zaroff and ultimately win the “game”.

Body ParagraphsYou need:

Topic sentence Integrated quote with citation (just the page #) 2 sentences of commentary for each Integrated quote with citation (just the page #) 2 sentences of commentary for each Concluding sentence

Commentary: Making it NOT suck

This is the place where you explain how your trait and your quote relate to the overall idea of the work. After Rainsford is forced to participate in Zaroff’s “game”

he tries to outsmart the General by, “[executing] a series of intricate loops…Rest brought him a new confidence and a feeling of security” (75). At the start of the story Rainsford believes himself to be the most accomplished hunter, and therefore exudes a feeling of overconfidence despite the fact that he is being hunted for sport. It is this confidence in himself and his abilities that keeps him alive for 3 days, where others would have given up or been killed.

Integrated quote!

Commentary: 2 sentences

Conclusion Sum up the point of your paper. Make your

points again Restate thesis and make it final.

Ex: Golding’s theme of civilization vs savagery is presented through Roger’s brutal personality and menacing appearance. Golding asks the question of man’s morality and through the character of Roger the reader gets Golding’s answer: Man at his most primal degree will always choose the darkside.

Dorky Star Wars reference