IB Paper II Unpacking the Question

Each Question Has Several Parts: Identify the parts in this question:

Examine the ways in which your authors have chosen to present their characters’ thought processes, making clear what you think each author’s presentation contributes to the effect of the novel.

1) Examine the ways in which your authors have chosen to present their characters’ thought processes, making clear what you think each author’s presentation contributes to the effect of the novel.

HOW did the author do something? WRITER CHOICES

Literary devices and techniques (imagery, diction, figurative language)

Elements of Fiction (plot, conflict, character, POV, symbol, etc)

Stylistic presentations (structure, language/tone)

Examine the ways in which your authors have chosen to

2) present their characters’ thought processes, making clear what you think each

author’s presentation contributes to the effect of the novel.

The aspect of the work that needs to be investigated Main part of the question

Examine the ways in which your authors have chosen to present their characters’ thought processes, making clear what

you think each author’s presentation contributes to 3) the effect of the novel.Requires you to tie in the way that the main part of the question EFFECTS the work as a WHOLE.

The unique presentation does to the reader’s understanding of the work

Theme, idea (reader response)

Thesis Statement•An answer to the question•Use the language of the question to develop your thesis•Be sure to incorporate all parts of the question •Include title(s) and author(s) in statement

Sample Thesis Are all 3 parts of the question addressed? Examine the ways in which your authors have

chosen to present their characters’ thought processes, making clear what you think each author’s presentation contributes to the effect of the novel.

In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien uses violent, grotesque imagery and vulgar language to show the thought process of characters experiencing grief, which suggests that showing feelings of vulnerability is difficult, especially for soldiers who are expected to be unemotional and strong.

Examine the ways in which your authors have chosen to present their characters’ thought processes, making clear what you think each author’s presentation contributes to the effect of the novel.

1) In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien uses violent, grotesque imagery and vulgar language 2) to show the thought process of characters experiencing grief, 3)which suggests that showing feelings of vulnerability is difficult, especially for soldiers who are expected to be unemotional and strong.

Where would this paper go?THESIS: In The Things They Carry, Tim O’Brien uses violent, grotesque imagery and vulgar language to show the thought process of characters experiencing grief, which suggests that showing feelings of vulnerability is difficult, especially for soldiers who are expected to be unemotional and strong.

BODY:1. Paragraph One: Grotesque Image #1

1. Puppy Observation 2. Puppy Evidence (summary, quote, paraphrase)3. Puppy Analysis (How does this evidence suggest that the men are grieving [thought process]? So what?)

2. Paragraph Two: Grotesque Image #21. Baby Buffalo Observation2. BB Evidence3. BB Analysis

3. Paragraph Three: Vulgar Language #11. “Hard vocabulary to contain the terrible softness” Observation2. Hard vocabulary Evidence3. Hard vocabulary Analysis

4. Paragraph Four: Vulgar Language # 21. “Dumb Cooze” Observation2. Dumb Cooze Evidence3. Dumb Cooze Analysis

Conclusion:Restate Thesis in a new wayBroadly close the subject

ClassworkChoose one old IB Question to: 1) Deconstruct each part of the question: underline and number the parts. (Copy the statement on your paper.)2) Develop a Thesis Statement

Assignment: Choose any old IB Ppr 2 Question to answer for your Final

Evidence for The Things They Carried.

Due: February 13, 2015Upload to turnitin.com by midnight,

Feb. 13, 2015: CLASS ID: 9445812

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