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2.7b Option 1: Outline with a Transformational Focus Review the information below before completing the table that follows. Critical Essays: The critical response involves critically analyzing a short story and your chosen novel in relation to an EQ. You will go through the writing process of choosing your texts and topic, brainstorming specific evidence to support your thesis and planning; you will recruit a peer to review your outline and rough draft and then you will make revisions before submitting your polished essay. Some critical essays require you to focus on the literary elements and techniques, and this is often the approach taken when using a poem as the textural evidence. However, when approaching the essential question/ question prompt and there is a dynamic character involved (protagonist, antagonist), a better approach may be to consider how the character has transformed throughout the text in relation to the question posed. Introductory Paragraph: Introduce ➢ Introduce the topic. Use a quotation from the film or a brief anecdote that is related to the topic that captures the reader’s attention. ➢ Introduce the texts and characters you will discuss. Include the author, text titles, and the characters’ names. ➢ In a single thesis statement, answer how the characters’ transformations is/are connected to the “big idea,” so it is clear what position you intend to support in your essay, and include a “because” or “but” clause. ➢ Your thesis must explain the relationship between the characters’ transformations and the “big idea” you pulled from the texts (aka Essential Question). Body Paragraph 1: Prior to Transformation ➢ State the topic sentence. Be sure it relates to the thesis statement and clearly focuses on the character prior to transformation. ➢ Introduce the characters, and explain each character’s role in the text. ➢ Describe the characters at the beginning of the story, before he or she transforms. ➢ Develop specific, supporting evidence from the text, always showing how the evidence contributes to your topic and proves your thesis. ➢ Conclude, connecting your topic to the thesis Body Paragraph 2: Cause of Transformation ➢ State the topic sentence. Be sure it relates to the thesis statement and clearly focuses on the cause of the characters’ transformations. ➢ Explain the circumstances that cause the characters’ transformations to begin. ➢ Describe how the characters initially react. ➢ Develop specific, supporting evidence from the texts that show the cause of transformation, always showing how the evidence proves the thesis. ➢ Conclude, connecting your topic to the thesis. ➢ Body Paragraph 3: During Transformation ➢ State the topic sentence. Be sure it relates to the thesis statement and clearly focuses on the character during the process of transformation. ➢ Describe how the character is changing as seen in key moments in the text. Support your ideas with specific evidence, always showing how the evidence proves the thesis. ➢ Consider the way in which the character has to make a choice between an old and new way of thinking or behaving. ➢ Conclude, connecting your topic to the thesis. Body Paragraph 4: After Transformation ➢ State the topic sentence. Be sure it relates to the thesis statement and clearly focuses on the characters after transformation. ➢ Describe how the characters have changed. Explain the outcome of the transformation— who the character “is” at the end of the text. ➢ How does this transformation process affect those around him or her? ➢ Why does his or her transformation matter? ➢ Support your ideas with specific evidence from the text that the character has transformed in an important way.