1. CLASS 25
EWRT 1A

2. AGENDA
Presentation:
Outside
sources/research
In-text citations
Works Cited page
Review
The outline/Thesis
Writing Strategies
Discussion:
Examples
Illustrations

3. Your Thesis is a Map to Your Essay
Once you have your working thesis
written, you can make a tentative outline.
Introduction
Extended Anecdote
Thesis
 Category 1
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
Category 2
Type 1
Type 2
Type 3
Repeat if Necessary
Conclusion

4. Writing Strategies
Classification
Extended
Anecdote
Definitions
Examples
 Illustrations

5. Examples: Ngo
Another case of survival cannibalism occurred
in 1945, when General Douglas MacArthur’s
forces cut supply lines to Japanese troops stationed in the
Pacific Islands. In one incident, Japanese troops were
reported to have sacrificed the Arapesh people of
northeastern New Guinea for food in order to avoid death
by starvation (Tuzin 63). The most famous example of
survival cannibalism in American history comes from the
diaries, letters, and interviews of survivors of the California-
bound Donner Party, who in the winter of 1846 were
snowbound in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for five months.
Thirty-five of eighty-seven adults and children died, and
some of them were eaten (Hart 116–117; Johnson).

6.  The most famous example of
survival cannibalism in
American history comes
from the diaries, letters, and
interviews of survivors of the
California-bound Donner
Party, who in the winter of
1846 were snowbound in the
Sierra Nevada Mountains for
five months. Thirty-five of
eighty-seven adults and
children died, and some of
them were eaten (Hart 116–
117; Johnson).
http://www.howstuffworks.com/don
ner-party.htm

7. Illustration: Toufexis
Does this chart help
readers understand
what Toufexis is saying
about her concept?

8. Illustration: Holmes
Do graphs
help Holmes
make his
point? Will
graphs help
you make
your point?

9. Do pictures
support his
effort to
explain his
concept?
Should you use
pictures in your
essay?

10. Writing Opportunity:
What will you use?
Examples?
Which?
How many?
Illustrations?
Your own?
Someone else’s?

11. Doing Research on your Topic
 Having chosen a concept and a focus for your
explanation of it, begin your research to use at least two
more credible sources for information on your concept.
 This essay does not require a tedious search for multiple sources, but it
does require you use and document at least three sources.
 One of those sources will likely be The Hunger Games. If you use
examples of your concept from the book, you must cite them.
 A second source will be a dictionary or encyclopedia—the place you
found a definition or two for your concept.
 The final source is up to you. It could be a magazine (anecdote), a
journal (statistics and graphs), or another credible source, hopefully one
you found in the library. You must make sure that it is a credible source if
you are offering it as factual evidence (Joe's blog, Wikipedia, yahoo
answers are all unacceptable).

12. MLA System of
Documentation
In-Text Citations

13. Example: In-text citations: The
Hunger Games

14. Example: In-text Citations: online
(credible) sources

15. Works Cited
How to make your page
A Review

20. Homework
Post #28: Find four examples of
your concept in HG (or in a
different source if you are not using
HG). Endeavor to find examples to
represent your classifications or
categories.
Post #29: Finish your research. Post
a list of three texts you plan to use.
Follow MLA formatting guidelines.