A guide to writing Stronger Theses KSJC Pre AP English 11 Ms Do The Rubric Analyze how Twain creates tension to promote social commentary The Prompt Level Up THESIS Deconstructing the prompt ID: 206868
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Level-UP!A guide to writing Stronger Theses
KSJC
Pre – AP English 11
Ms. DoSlide2
The RubricSlide3
Analyze how Twain creates tension to promote social commentary.
The PromptSlide4
Level Up THESISSlide5
Deconstructing the prompt…Highlight important words.
What is the verb?
Based on the verb, what is the prompt asking us to do?
What do we need to know before we can make an argument?Slide6
Clear level 0!Level 0
Level 1
In
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain talks about commentary made in a social setting.
In
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain
creates tension to promote social commentary
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Clear level 1!Level 1
Level 2
In
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain creates tension to promote social commentary.
In
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain
uses literary devices
to create tension to promote social commentary.Slide8
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Level 3
In
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain uses literary devices to create tension to promote social commentary.
In
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain uses
allusive symbolism and diction
to
emanate tension around the idea of civilization
.Slide9
Clear Level 3!In
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain uses allusive symbolism and diction to emanate tension around the idea of civilization.
In the beginning of
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
, Mark Twain creates tension
between Huck and Miss Watson
by
interconnecting
allusive symbolism and diction;
in doing so, he challenges the idea of civilization
by demonstrating its abasing effect on an individual
.
Level 3
Level 4Slide10
Level UP
In the beginning of
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
, Mark Twain creates tension between Huck and Miss Watson by interconnecting allusive symbolism and diction; in doing so, he challenges the idea of civilization by demonstrating its abasing effect on an individual.
Early in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
, Mark Twain interconnects Huck’s naïve point of view with allusive symbolism and diction to present a challenge to the
basic principles of the American Dream
; by forming the novel this way, Twain
creates a sardonic space to analyze
the tension behind civilization’s unrealistic expectations
.
Level 5
Level 4Slide11
BONUS LEVEL!
Early in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
, Mark Twain interconnects Huck’s naïve point of view with allusive symbolism and diction to present a challenge to the basic principles of the American Dream; by forming the novel this way, Twain creates a sardonic space to analyze
the tension behind civilization’s unrealistic expectations.
In
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
, Mark Twain
highlights
the
absurdity
of civilization by
contrasting
Huck’s naïve point of view to Miss Watson’s proprieties of being “
sivilized
”; Huck reveals
his
constant struggle
with
civilization’s—and ultimately the American Dream’s—unrealistic requirements through
unfiltered
vernacular, irony, and
allusive symbolism
.
Level 5
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