Brave New World
Expository
Essay Unit
Unit Dates
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Thesis statement: Tuesday, March 20
Research Notes/Plan: Wednesday, March 21
Outline: Friday, March 23
Rough Draft: Monday, March 26
Polished Copy: Wednesday, March 28
Evaluation
• Thesis /10
• Outline /20
• Rough Draft (Process) /5
• Polished Essay /50
Note: All rough work must be handed in with
polished essay
Essay Topics (Parts)
1. Explain how a topic or idea is developed into a
theme in the novel (Levels of Learning from PFC)
2. Choose a symbol.
3. Choose one character and demonstrate how the
character develops over the course of the novel.
4. Develop a thesis based on your own idea from your
Alpha journals or chapter questions
THEME
• NOT a single word i.e.“love”, “utopia”
• Single words are simply TOPICS or MOTIFS
that are seen appearing in the novel
• THEMES are more like a MESSAGE, a
MORAL, an IDEA or EXPRESSION that is
developed throughout the novel
• Have a VERB or a MODIFIER in the THEME
SYMBOL
• A CONCRETE (it exists and can be touched)
representation of something ABSTRACT
CHARACTER
• Person or persons in the novel
• Note what they
represent, or what the
character alludes to, or
how they change
TEST QUESTION or ALPHA
JOURNAL
• Questions on Brave New World chapters
may have given you your essay topic and a
workable thesis
• Journals have topics that can be
transferred to BNW essay
THESIS PROPOSAL
• You propose what opinion you wish to express and
explain/defend
• Can be changed
• Use the forms provided on the website
Method of Development
• MOD
• Primary means of developing thesis-based
arguments
• In literary essays your MOD is mainly three
or more main points using examples from
the text
• Also use examples from secondary texts
(or sources)
QUOTES
• Also called “citations”
• Direct placing of primary source materials
into your essay
• Does NOT have to be dialogue – any text
from the primary source will do
• Eg “- he had discovered TIME and DEATH
and GOD.”
Secondary Source Material
• Information and literary criticism from other
sources besides your novel
• MUST be legitimate!
• Non-legit: _______________________________
__________________________________________
Literary Essay Outline
• Follow basic essay format
• Use bullets, point form for arguments
• Use FULL quotes/citations for MODs
• Do this before the ROUGH DRAFT
Basic Class Work
“modus operandi”
• All work must be done in class and left in class
• Prevents plagiarism (cheating)
• Work at home begins AFTER the Essay Outline and
ROUGH DRAFT are complete
• Other work will be assigned for homework (maybe)