Writing Essays about Literature: A Brief Guide for University and College Students - Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781554815517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021

Katherine O. Acheson

Spis treści

• Section One: Introduction
• Chapter One: The Purpose of an Essay about Literature
• Literature: Instruction, Delight, Imitation
• The Literary Essay
• Evidence
• Communication
• Subjectivity
• How to Use This Book
• Review Questions
• Section Two: Research and Analysis
• Chapter Two: Research within the Text
• Taking Notes about Literature
• Recording Your Responses to the Text
• Do I Like the Work?
• What Words Stand Out?
• What Feelings Does It Give Me?
• Do I Identify with Any of the People Represented?
• Is There Anything about How It's Written That Stands Out?
• What Is the Work about?
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Chapter Three: Using Reference Works
• The Oxford English Dictionary
• Etymology
• Definitions
• Examples of Usage
• Scholarly Editions
• Encyclopedias
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Chapter Four: Research about Social and Historical Contexts
• Topics for Research: Social Phenomena and Literary Movements
• Useful Resources
• Using Your Findings
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Chapter Five: Research about the Current Critical Assessment of Literary Works
• Finding Critical Works
• Assessing Publications
• Using Bibliographies
• Reading Critical Works
• Taking Notes from Critical Readings
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Chapter Six: Inventing Your Argument
• Arranging Your Evidence
• Reviewing Your Labeled Evidence
• Categorizing Your Evidence
• Charting Your Evidence
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Section Three: Composition
• Chapter Seven: Composing Your Argument
• Inductive Reasoning
• Composing the Thesis Statement
• Writing the Subtopic Sentences
• Composing the Body of the Thesis Statement
• Composing the Body of the Introduction
• Concluding the Introduction
• A Variation: An Essay without Secondary Sources
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Chapter Eight: Writing the Body of the Essay
• The Body Paragraphs
• Features of Strong Paragraphs
• Writing the Conclusion and Revising the Introduction
• The Conclusion
• Revising the Introduction
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Section Four: Polish and Presentation
• Chapter Nine: Editing and Proofreading Your Essay
• Conventions of Essay-Writing Style
• Diction
• Vocabulary
• Connecting Words
• Common Grammatical Errors
• Apostrophes
• Demonstrative Pronouns
• Pronoun Agreement
• Verb Tense
• Common Errors in Punctuation and Sentence Structure
• Semicolons
• Comma Splices
• Sentence Fragments
• Subordinating Conjunctions
• Conjunctive Adverbs
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Chapter Ten: Documenting Your Sources and Presenting Your Work
• Reasons for Documenting Sources
• Documentation Practices
• Presenting Your Work
• Layout and Order
• Illustrations
• Multimedia and the Literary Essay
• Exemplary Illustrations
• Complementary Illustrations
• Supplementary Illustrations
• Last-Minute Checks
• Conclusion
• Review Questions
• Section Five: Conclusion and Review
• Chapter Eleven: The Process of Essay Writing-A Summary
• Collecting Evidence (Chapters 2-5)
• Categorizing Evidence (Chapter 6)
• Writing Your Thesis Statement (Chapter 7)
• Troubleshooting the Thesis Statement (Chapter 7)
• Writing the Body Paragraphs (Chapter 8)
• Concluding Your Essay (Chapter 8)
• Proofreading (Chapter 9)
• Documentation and Presentation (Chapter 10)
• Conclusion
• Works Cited
• Sample Essay One
• Sample Essay Two
• Sample Essay Three
• Subject Index