Briar Rose Essay

I. Introduction: The past is prologue 1. lead statement: Have you ever been in a state of Deja vu? 2. explain the lead: Deja vu means "already seen". It is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced had been experienced in the past. 3. overview of the topic/summary of the story: Briar Rose is a novel about a women, Becca, whos grandmother dies. hen Becca was younger her grandmother, Gemma, would tell Becca and her sisters the story of Sleeping Beauty. when Gemma dies, Becca, goes to Poland to discover her grandmother’s past. Becca learns that Gemma was a Holocaust survivor and experienced many similar events as the story Sleeping Beauty. During Becca's search for answers, stories of the past struck many similarities with the present. 4. thesis statement: In this story the past is prologue. II.

First reason supporting the thesis 1. statement of reason:____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2. supporting detail – explain fully the reason:_________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. laboration / quotes from the book:________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 4. commentary:_________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

III. Second reason supporting the thesis 1. statement of reason:____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2. supporting detail – explain fully the reason:_________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. laboration / quotes from the book:________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 4. commentary:_________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

IV. Third reason supporting the thesis 1. statement of reason:____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 2. supporting detail – explain fully the reason:_________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. laboration / quotes from the book:________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 4. commentary:_________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

V. Conclusion 1. restate the thesis in different words:______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. briefly restate reasons of support:________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ake text-to-world/ text-to-self connection:________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4. hook back to the lead statement:________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________