Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
(Adaptedfor
1984
vs.NorthKorea)
CompareandContrasttheregimedescribedin1984totheregimeinNorthKorea.
Utilizethe
FrontlineDocumentary:NorthKoreaTheSecretState
,whichyouwillviewinMs.Villalpandos
classroom.
Thisessayis7pagesminimum(notincludingworkcited)and
completeddraftisdueby
Monday,April25at
Midnight
.
Introduction(1paragraph):GENERALTOSPECIFIC
Purpose:Tosetupandstateonesclaim
1. Hook:Writeageneralstatementaboutthetopiconwhichyoullbewriting
2. Context:Whatbackgroundinformationdoyouneedtogiveyourreaderinordertounderstandyourclaim?
3. Stateauthorandtitleofliterarypiece
4. Thesis:Whatisyourclaim?Answertheprompt!
Backgroundinformationof1984andNorthKorea:
Includetheauthor,generalinformation,alinktoNorth
Korea,andgeneralbackgroundinformationofNorthKorea.
BodyParagraphs(Asmanyasyoudeemnecessarytoproveyourclaim):
Purpose:
Toproveyourclaim
1. Claim:Whatisoneitem,detail,orexampleyoucantellyourreadersthatwillhelpthembetterunderstand
yourclaim?
2. IntroduceEvidence:Introduceyourevidencewithappropriatecontextandreportingverb
3. StateEvidence:Whatsupportingevidence(quotationorparaphrase)canyouincludetoproveyourclaim
inthetopicsentence?
4. Dontforgetyourintextcitation!
5. AnalyzeEvidence:Howdoestheevidenceaboveproveyourclaiminyourtopicsentence?
ExamplesforParagraphs
BodySectionA:Propaganda
Propaganda1984
PropagandaNorthKorea
BodySectionB:Abuseofpower
AbuseofPower1984
AbuseofPowerNorthKorea
BodySectionC:CultofPersonality
Cultofpersonality1984
CultofpersonalityNorthKorea
BodySectionD:Contrasts
Differencesbetween1984andNorthKorea
Conclusion(1paragraph):SPECIFICTOGENERAL
Purpose:Remindreadersofyourclaimandsupportingevidenceandtoillustratetoyouraudiencethatyouhave
thoughtcriticallyaboutyourtopic
1. Avoidsimplyrestatingyourintroparagraph,butrephraseitindifferentwords
2. Reiteratethesignificanceofthetopicwithinthetext
3. Attheend,explorethesignificanceofyourtopicincurrentorfuturesociety
Otherimportantaspectsforyoungauthorstoconsider:
*Eachbodyparagraphshouldfollowourmodel
TopicSentence,SupportSandwich(=introductionofquote,thequoteitself,andreflection,analysis,ortyingof
quotetothesis),Fullcircletechnique,andbridges/transitionsbetweeneachbodyparagraph
*ToneandStyle
Thisaspectiscompletelyopentothewriterspreference.AreyoulookingtoconvinceothersthatGeorgeOrwells
fictionalsocietyisjustlikeNorthKorea?Or,areyoutryingtoprovideorconveyresearch?Thiswouldbesimilar
toaresearch/reportingpiece.Regardlessoftheselection,itisimportantthatthedistinctionisaconsciousdecision
bythewriter.Thetoneandstyleshouldbeboth,apparentandintentionalinthestudentswriting.
*Organization
Papersthiscomplexcangetawayfromstudents.Itisimperativetoworkwhentimeisprovidedinclass,remain
organized(sources,workcited,drafts),andmeetalldeadlinesandcheckpoints.Thisisatypicalassignmentthata
collegestudentwouldhaveverylittleturnaroundtimetocomplete.
ANoteonoutsideresearch:
Youmaywishtodooutsideresearchtomakethisabetterdevelopedessay.Yourworkscitedpageshouldinclude
thenovel,thevideoandanyadditionalsourcesyouuse.