The idea i want to write is
what means of Fences for Ross, Troy Maxson,
From an ethnic perspective, what fences means?
From class level， what fences means？
Check Sheet for the Literary Analysis (Drama) Essay
GETTING STARTED
- Teacher’s NAME spelled correctly
- Student’s name spelled correctly
- Does the TITLE of the essay SAY something interesting?
- Are all paragraphs correctly INDENTED (one tab)?
- Is the essay in 12-point, Times New Roman font?
- Have you used the American Word software?
- Is the PRINT dark and legible?
- Is the essay DOUBLE-SPACED
- Is your essay in MLA documentation format (8th edition)?
- Remember to paginate
- Essay LENGTH at least three-four typed pages
- Does the INTRODUCTION capture the reader’s attention Effective Hooks?
- Make sure that you mention the story TITLE and AUTHOR:
- Is the THESIS sentence profoundly clear?
- Is the thesis sentence followed by a ROADMAP OR FORECASTING STATEMENT that contains the essay’s main points?
- Does each body paragraph start with a TOPIC SENTENCE?
- Does each body paragraph contain at least two QUOTATIONS?
- Are quotations correctly CITED: “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs” (King 27).
INTRODUCTION
- The title of the play is Fences (in italics)
- You are writing about the play NOT the film, so refer to it as a play
- The name of the playwright is August Wilson
SUMMARY (100-150 words) (Not needed for the Fences essay)
- Include the names of the important CHARACTERS
- Give a brief synopsis of the PLOT
- You might want to include a short QUOTATION
BODY PARAGRAPHS
- Does the essay contain at least one BLOCK QUOTATION (indented one tab on the left)?
- Is there a TRANSITION sentence between each body paragraph?
- Don’t start the conclusion by writing “In conclusion.” I know it is.
- Does the conclusion restate the THESIS?
- Does the conclusion also summarize the essay’s MAIN POINTS?
USING QUOTATIONS IN DRAMA
- Single line of quotation by one person:
- Two or more people talking:
In the opening scene of the play, Bono warns his friend by saying, “Troy, you ought to stop that lying!” (Wilson 1031).
Much of the action of the play takes place in the back yard. It is there where the character Rose first appears:
Rose: What you all out here getting into?
Troy: What you worried about what we getting into for? This is men talk, woman.
Rose: What I care what you all talking about? Bono, you gonna stayfor supper? (Wilson 1034).
CONCLUSION
- Does the essay end with a thought-provoking IDEA (you might want to “frame” the ending by recycling similar ideas that you used in the opening hook)?
WORKS CITED
- Have you included the bibliographic information about your author and story according to the example in your text on page 1117.
- The Works Cited information is on a separate page
Here are a few shortcuts to finding research material for your Fences essays:
- In our library’s list of databases, find Gale Literary Sources. Type in a few search terms, for example, Troy Maxson father, and many articles will appear. However, you’ll have to scroll though the article to find your search terms in the appropriate places–they will be highlighted in Red.
- Also, in the top, right-hand section of the screen will be the Cite link. The computer will automatically create the Word Cited entry for you in MLA 8th edition.
You can also use a plain Google search VERY CAREFULLY:
- For example, put quotation marks around a brief search phrase like “baseball in Fences” or “sports in Fences” and you will find many articles. HOWEVER, you have to pick the good, scholarly material from the junk. Schmoop is junk. Enotes is junk. Coursehero is junk.
- Usually, the more scholarly articles can be found after page one or two.
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