In-class writing 1.29.10

In a well thought our response, please address one of the following questions. You are allowed to review the questions as posted on Tsotsi Day 4 and Tsotsi Day 5.

Question #1: In what ways has Fugard created Morris as a parallel to Tsotsi? In other words, how is Morris similar to Tsotsi, and why is that significant?

Question #2: What is the SYMBOLIC significance of Tsotsi’s “talisman” shift from the knife to the baby? In what ways does this shift change Tsotsi and how we, the reader, know know and understand him?

Your response must include
1. Introduction
2. At least ONE body paragraph
3. Please bold or underline your thesis statement.

A good introduction should include
1. A “hook” that engages your reader – some sort of provocative quotation or question or claim
2. The name and author of the work you are discussing
3. A brief description of whatever basic information—about the text, the author, and/or the topic—readers will need to follow the argument
4. A clear, specific, and arguable thesis statement
5. A blueprint phrase or sentence that explains how you will go about proving your argument (i.e. a suggestion of how your essay will be organized)

SPA: Writing an Effective Analytical Paragraph, by Eugenie Chan

1. Topic Sentence: The paragraph’s thesis.
   
2. Transition: Guide your reader to your first idea.
3. First Main Idea: Supports your thesis.
4. Context: Introduces quote or summary sentence or phrase that indicates the situation from which the quote was taken.
5. Evidence: The quote or paraphrase (with author and page number in parentheses at the end of the quote).
6. Analysis: Interpret the quote. State why this quote proves the topic sentence. Get to the so what.
7. Transition: Provide another guide or link to second idea.
8. Second Main Idea
9. Context for second quote.
10. Second quote or paraphrase.
11. Analysis of second quote.
12. Commentary: Relate topic back to larger thesis of paper. Think thematic connections to the text as a whole.