All Boys, All Blogged: April 9, 2015

Focus: How do I effectively structure my synthesis essay?

1. Warming up with a little F451 vocabulary review

2. Breaking down your thesis into two body paragraphs: Two tricks

Both Clarisse from F451 and Sylvia from The Truman Show spark the main characters to reject their societies' false "truths" and to embrace their individuality, showing that the human desire for truth conquers the allure of lies.

1. First body paragraph: How Clarisse and Sylvia inspire Montag and Truman to reject their societies' false truths

2. Second body paragraph: How Clarisse and Sylvia inspire Montag and Truman to embrace their individuality

What if my thesis looks like this?

Water in F451 represents freedom, while water in The Truman Show symbolizes fear.

My trick: Try to find something problematic/negative that water represents in both, then try to find something helpful/positive that water represents in both.

Water in F451 and The Truman Show initially presents the characters with a fearful boundary, but it ultimately offers both characters an opportunity to free themselves.

What if my thesis looks like this?

Both Montag in F451 and Truman in The Truman Show reveal the significance of escaping repressive societies.

My trick: Turn this into a problem-solution essay, in which you dedicate one body paragraph to developing the problem and one body paragraph to developing the solution.

Both Montag in F451 and Truman in The Truman Show reveal that repressive societies create ignorance, but escaping these societies fosters intellectual and emotional growth.

3. Finalizing your topics sentences and gathering examples; finish your entire outline by Monday at the latest so that we can start drafting.

HW:
1. Prepare for your final vocabulary quiz tomorrow on the last group of words from F451.

2. Continue working hard on your outline; should be completed by Monday at the latest.

3. If you're delivering your banned book persuasive speech tomorrow, prepare and rehearse.