Night Blooming Jasmin
Write an out-of-class essay that identifies what the author is doing in the text to engage the reader and convey her message. Basically, you are taking the entirety of the text, and you are breaking it down into parts that explain the writing strategy. Think about HOW the author writes (as opposed to WHAT the author writes). The writing style of Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e by Jasminne Mendez. Write a five-paragraph essay, using an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Your introduction should mention the author and essay title early on in the paragraph but should have a thesis statement (your main point) at the end of the paragraph. Each body paragraph should address a critical point of the essay; see the questions at the end of this handout for tips to select a paragraph topic. Each body paragraph should have at least one quotation from the text to prove your point. Your conclusion restates your thesis in a different light, so use different words to convey the same ideas from the introduction. Be sure every paragraph has a topic sentence (the sentence that introduces the idea of the paragraph). Be sure to stay on subject; you should address the author and text in every paragraph. Use transitional phrases when needed.
