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Relevant Evidence: Relevant Evidence: Relevant Evidence:
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Commentary Commentary Commentary
(Link the evidence to (Link the evidence to (Link the evidence to
your thesis by explaining your thesis by explaining your thesis by explaining
its significance in its significance in its significance in
relation to the claim in relation to the claim in relation to the claim in
your thesis): your thesis): your thesis):

Note: Your argument should include the number of reasons necessary to justify
your claim. These organizers are illustrative of three reasons. Your argument may
include more or fewer.

INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS Contextualize Your Argument
Contextualize Your Argument To conclude your literary argument, you need to include a final statement that not
In these early units, teachers will introduce the only reflects back on your interpretation but also explains the relevance of your
idea of contextualizing literary arguments with a idea. Often, the interpretation that guides your thesis statement is based on the
specific details in the text. This final statement will be slightly different.
concluding statement that explores the relevance When you explain the significance of the idea at the end of your literary argu-
of the unifying idea. In subsequent units, ment, you broaden the scope of your interpretation beyond the text that you are
students will learn additional methods for analyzing. In future workshops, you will continue to explore ways to contextualize
contextualizing within a full introduction and your argument. To begin, consider the following questions:
conclusion as their literary arguments become
more complex and sophisticated. • What does the reader discover about the idea from reading the text?
• How is this idea relevant beyond the pages of the text?

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