Lecture 4.2.3 – A Guide to the Literary Essay: Deeper Still
Lecture Overview
A graphic organizer can be used to refine ideas about a thesis or topic in preparation for writing an essay; determine the organizational pattern, such as chronological order, or cause and effect, best suited to presenting ideas and information in an essay on a specific topic
How will you organize the information you have gathered for your essay to best develop your thesis?
REVIEWING CONTENT
Determine whether the ideas and information gathered are accurate and complete, interesting, and effectively meet the requirements of the writing task. Review the information gathered for a literary essay, eliminating general and irrelevant material, and assessing the remaining specific and relevant details to ensure that they effectively meet the information requirements of the writing task)
Are there places in your essay where you could state an idea more clearly or precisely?
Where could you add descriptive details?