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® SKILLS
AP LITERARY ARGUMENTATION TRM Graphic Organizer: Explaining the
Relevance of the Idea
PRACTICE Explaining the Relevance of the Idea COMPOSITION WORKSHOP
When you have completed your final body paragraph, add a sentence or two at
the end of your argument in which you explain the relevance of the unifying idea
in your thesis.
Relevant Evidence: Relevant Evidence: Relevant Evidence:
Explaining Relevance
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Unifying idea:

Relevance of the idea:
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): Revise Your Argument INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS
In Unit 1, you learned to revise your literary argument by examining your the- Revise Your Argument
sis and topic sentences to make sure that they are unified by an idea and that Student writers and peer editors should examine
they convey an insight. Also, you learned to examine your evidence to ensure the precision of the word choices that identify the
that it is relevant to the line of reasoning that you have established to support tone of the text. Additionally, they should check
your thesis. the logic of the connection between the idea and
For your tone analysis, locate the adjectives that you have included to describe
Note: Your argument should include the number of reasons necessary to justify tone within the work. Review the following questions related to your treatment of insight in the thesis statement and the reasons
your claim. These organizers are illustrative of three reasons. Your argument may tone in your literary argument. Revise your draft if your answer is “no” to any of established in the line of reasoning.
include more or fewer. the following questions:
• Are your tone words precise?
• Does your textual evidence exemplify the tone(s) that you have identified?
Contextualize Your Argument • Have you identified the author’s techniques that create the tone?
To conclude your literary argument, you need to include a final statement that not • Does your textual evidence include elements to support the techniques?
only reflects back on your interpretation but also explains the relevance of your • Does your interpretation of the work logically align with the tone(s) that
idea. Often, the interpretation that guides your thesis statement is based on the you identified?
specific details in the text. This final statement will be slightly different. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Strictly for use with its products. Not for redistribution.
When you explain the significance of the idea at the end of your literary argu-
ment, you broaden the scope of your interpretation beyond the text that you are
analyzing. In future workshops, you will continue to explore ways to contextualize
your argument. To begin, consider the following questions:
• 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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