Looking back at my reviews on my thesis statement i decided to start from scratch. I now rewrote my thesis statement and I wanted to know what you guys think on my new one? Also, any suggestions on how I should set up my paragraph?
Through the use of similes, caliginous imagery, and desolated tone, Anne Sexton is most known for her confessional poetry such as “ 45 Mercy Street”, “ Admonitions to a Special Person”, and “ A Curse Against Elegies.”
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I actually think this thesis statement is really good. You could probably set up your paragraphs into each piece of work. For example, in paragraph one you can focus on "45 Mercy Street". Within the paragraph you can talk about the similes, imagery, and tone. Also maybe give a small summary to help give a better understanding of the work. Hope this helped.
ReplyDeleteI don't know/remember what your original thesis was but this sounds great! I'd probably juxtapose them, so take 4 paragraphs to focus on the similes in each of the works, then 4 to focus on the imagery and finally 4 more to focus on the tones.
ReplyDeleteso my suggestion would be:
intro
similes in 45 Mercy Street
similes in Admonitions to a Special Person
similes in A Curse Against Elegies
similes in (the fourth primary source)
imagery in 45 Mercy Street
imagery in Admonitions to a Special Person
imagery in A Curse Against Elegies
imagery in (the fourth primary source)
tone of 45 Mercy Street
tone of Admonitions to a Special Person
tone of A Curse Against Elegies
tone of (the fourth primary source)
conclusion
i agree with Julia. with this format you can write each paragraph anywhere from half a page to a full page depending on how much you plan on writing.
DeleteOh, I love the way you set this up. Although is you (Melissa) still plan on doing this than oh boy, you're going to have a long outline. Good luck though!
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DeleteThanks!! That helped a lot!!!
ReplyDeleteI think you should try making it parallel since you have adjectives for imagery and tone, but not for simile.
ReplyDeleteI would like to know what your previous thesis statement was, but this one seems to be really good. I guess all show you how I'm planning mine out.
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similes in 45 mercy street
imagery in 45 mercy street
tone in 45 mercy street
similes in Admonitions to a Special Person
imagery in Admonitions to a Special Person
tone in Admonitions to a Special Person
similes in A Curse Against Elegies
imagery in A Curse Against Elegies
tone in A Curse Against Elegies
conclusion
Lupe,
DeleteIt will be effective to show a pattern through 2 or 3 works, so make connections within a paragraph to show this is reoccurring--it is a style.
I don't know what your original thesis statement was, so I can't really comment in terms of improvement. However, I do think that you have a good thesis statement at this juncture. I'd probably compare and contrast the three literary devices you described as shown in each of the works for each paragraph.
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