Chunk Writing Basics
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In AP Literature and Composition, our theses always follow the TAGSAT method: Title, Author, Genre, Subject, Answer-the-Implied-Question Theme
- Title of the work
- Author of the work
- Genre of the Work
- Subject of the work (what's happening in the text?) [follows "the speaker" or "in this passage" in the prompt wording]
- Answer to the Implied Question [implied question follows "literary elements or techniques to" in the prompt wording, and you have to answer it]
- Theme of the work (what's the text about?) [you have to come up with this]
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Things I've Noticed in Your Writing
Reminder: Take yourself out of your writing.
You don’t need to say “I think”. I know you think that, you wrote it.
YOU shouldn’t be there either.
The ‘correct’ way to talk about the audience is to use “one” (as in “one never knows what might happen”) but lbr that sounds dumb, so maybe just don’t.
Formality
No Slang, no contractions, no colloquialisms, no abbreviations
Use correct grammar
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A thesis should never include the phrase "how [something verbs]" (ex "shows how people treat each other").
It should, instead, tell how [something verbs] (ex. "shows people treat each other with kindness").
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