LIT 100 Milestone Two Interpretive Essay Outline

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LIT 100 Milestone Two: Outline Worksheet 1. Introduction Introduce your chosen text (or texts if you selected poems) and explain why you chose the text(s). Summarize the author’s overall intended message or draw connections between the author’s time period, culture, etc., and the text as a whole. Craft a thesis statement that clearly states your position and argument. The story I connected to the most was “The Things They Carried,” written by Tim O’Brien. The reason I chose this text is because it tells us the story of war, as well as the emotional and physical burdens that soldiers carry with them every day. I chose this text because my dad was in the military. Both emotional and physical burdens are a major issue when it comes to current soldiers and those who are not in the military anymore. There are soldiers who have mental health issues and there are some who even take their own lives. This text reveals their experience through fear and guilt which are common in modern times as told by Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” using symbolism. Example: The story I connected to the most was “The Tell-Tale Heart,” written by Edgar Allen Poe. The reason I chose this text is because it discusses guilt, as well as the issue of madness. Both of these emotions are felt in current society. One emotion is more general, while the other emotion speaks about the torments of psychological madness. This text reveals this experience though the use of symbols , tone , and setting . Edgar Allan Poe reveals the theme of guilt and madness, two common emotions in today’s society, through his story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by using symbols, tone and setting. Note: You may choose to focus more on the impact of the author’s time period and culture on the text, but this example is an idea of what your introduction may look like. Body Paragraphs Each body paragraph must contain one supporting argument (for a total of three) and begin with a topic sentence that makes the connection between the thesis statement and the body paragraph clear. Then, you must provide evidence from the text that supports the topic sentence. 2. Body Paragraph/Supporting Argument #1 Refer back to the Milestone One Thesis Statement Worksheet.

Topic Sentence/Idea: What is the main information that will be discussed in this paragraph? How does this information relate to the major themes in the text? In my first paragraph I will be talking about characterization because the story itself focuses on each soldier or character and also what each soldier has been burdened with to carry. Example: I am going to discuss the topic of symbols in this paragraph, as it relates to the major themes (madness and guilt) in the story. OR Poe’s story reveals the issues of madness and guilt in society through multiple symbols found in the text. Supporting Points: What evidence from the text will you use to support your topic sentence? You should provide 2–3 points.  First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, unrequited love, guilt, and responsibility.  The independent roles and fables about a group of different guys who sit around sharing stories of horror, beauty, and everything they experience on the front line. Example:  The vulture’s eye as a symbol of madness and guilt  The heart as a symbol of guilt and increasing madness --“Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant.” 3. Transition Sentence Effective transitions create a logical flow from paragraph to paragraph, making it easier for your reader to follow your message. For the purpose of this outline, you may provide your initial thoughts for your transition sentences, then refine your transitions as you develop your interpretive essay. You ma You may use

I will finish my sentence by revealing how the soldiers became lost as their humanity gave way. The author uses metaphors to show the kinship as to how each soldier becomes entangled in an illusion to flee the reality of who they are. Example: I will create an ending sentence that says something like symbols are not the only way that cultural meaning becomes apparent in the story. Tone also creates the meaning of guilt and madness. 4. Body Paragraph/Supporting Argument #2 Topic Sentence/Idea: What is the main information that will be discussed in this paragraph? How does this information relate to the major themes in the text? The author uses metaphors to reveal the physical, mental, and emotional things that each soldier carried. Example: Guilt and madness are present in the tone of “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Supporting Points: What evidence from the text will you use to support your topic sentence? You should provide 2–3 points.  “Kiowa also carried his grandmother’s distrust of the white man, his grandfather’s old hunting hatchet.” (O’Brien 1071).  “As a big man, therefore a machine gunner, Henry Dobbins carried the M-60, which weighed twenty-three pounds unloaded, but which was almost always loaded.” (O’Brien 1072). Example:  The narrator presents an attitude/tone about madness in the beginning of the paper. --“TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed—not dulled them.” Transition from Body Paragraph #1 on This is an example of a

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