Final Thoughts...

Dear oib class,
Good luck on your written exams!  Remember:

1. Write a specific thesis, not a general one.  If you find yourself writing these works have similar ideas in different ways, try subsituting your vague nouns and ajectives with specific ones until you have a real thesis.

2.  Approach your paragraphs logically:

First, make a point about a book.
Second, cite an example..You can say "for example, when...."
Third, analyze your example in terms of your point.

3. Prepare by making a list of:
--contexts
--key scenes for your "for examples"
--two literary elements that you can use to analyze the texts, either in terms of the point you are making or to illustrate why/how an author is interested in this point.  is this part of the conflict of the work? is it part of the work's major theme? if so, what does this theme relate to?  is there something of interest in the point of view of the work?  Think: literature=literary elements.

Be sure to have at least 7 works to choose from so you don't find yourself stuck!