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Arriving at the topic sentence from the quote using induction and quote keys
This is a rough draft for an upcoming essay, so everyone must complete this assignment. Failure to complete this assignment will result in a failing grade for the essay.
Below you will work on one quote from Walker’s story “The Dummy in the Window.”
In this discussion, you will begin working on induction, and some concepts from SPACECAT, such as #TONE and #CHOICE in a quote.
You will practice how to use induction to create a topic sentence and an analysis.
In the analysis, you will practice applying interpretation to support the topic sentence.
Instructions
First, for this assignment, you will isolate 2 QKs in QUOTE 1 below.
Next, write out your topic sentence. This must be 1 developed sentence.
Lastly, write out a bullet point analysis of 3 complete sentences.
These serve as a rough draft guide for a full analysis, so only write out the 3 most important analytical sentences.
Quote 1 — Highlight 2 QKs in 2 different colors in this quote
When an interviewer asks Joel Chandler Harris about how he came up with the idea for the African storyteller Uncle Remus, Harris informs the interviewer, “He was not an invention of my own, but a human syndicate, I might say, of three or four old darkies whom I knew. I just walloped them together into one person and called him ‘Uncle Remus'” (30).
APPLY INDUCTION TO THE QKS:
QK 1:
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QK 2:
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Inductive conclusion/topic sentence:
3 ANALYTICAL BULLET POINTS (USE COMPLETE SENTENCES):
Example of how this assignment will look and how to complete it
Quote:
Julia Collier Harris writes, “And sometimes, while with yellow yam baked in the ashes, or the hoecake browned in the shovel, the negroeswould croon a camp-meeting hymn or a corn-shucking melody” (29).
APPLYING INDUCTION TO THE QKS:
QK 1: “yellow yam baked … hoecake browned”
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QK 2: “negroes… croon… hymn … melody”
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Inductive conclusion/topic sentence: The Caucasian writer Julia Collier Harris, daughter-in-law of Joel Chandler Harris, believes the slaves’ nights are pleasant events.
3 ANALYTICAL BULLET POINTS USING COMPLETE SENTENCES:
Harris’s setting with sweets and song gives off a fun campfire feeling.
We aren’t slaves, though, and in Harris’s quote, the people she talks about enjoying their evenings are.
She might very well believe the slaves had pleasant evenings, but when Frederick Douglass says he fought with dogs for crumbs because he was so hungry (“Food As Weapon”), we know Harris is wrong.
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In your reply, please write 5 developed detailed sentences that offer specific input.
3 sentence must state what engages and interests you about the topic sentence and analytical bullet points.
2 sentences must offer corrections if the topic sentence does not seem to be correct using induction or an analytical bullet point seems to stray from the quote keys. If no corrections are needed, please offer a different way to write the topic sentence and add 1 more analytical bullet point.
