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Explanation

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“Explanations are statements that reveal how the examples support and/or complicate” the sub assertions.

―Chapter 19: “What is Analysis”
English 1101 and 1102 College and Analytic Writing compiled by Jennifer Schaller and Tammy Wolf
(CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

The Literary Web

 

Conflict Characterization Plot Point of View Setting Tone Theme Figurative Language Main Assertion Sub Assertions Explanation Examples

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  • Somewhere in Between April 29, 2019
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  • Final April 28, 2019
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  • Experimenting with the Platform April 27, 2019
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  • Blade Runner, Am I Human? April 27, 2019
    What does it mean to be human? This is the central question of Ridley Scott's 1982 Masterpiece Blade Runner and it's surprisingly great 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049. Very rarely is a sequel as good as the original but 2049 manages to be just as good as the original. What makes both movies so good […]
  • Untitled April 26, 2019
    It was a cold December night. A young boy by the name of Michael Kenton is sitting in his room playing with his toy trains. Michael is eight years old with jet black hair and emerald eyes. His room is lit by a fire in the fireplace. Michael’s Uncle opened the door and told him […]
  • Untitled April 26, 2019
    Reflection.......I have learned numerous things during my semester of digital story telling. One of the first things that I have learned is that I like reading stories more than I like writing them. I always thought that writing stories would be fun, but it turns out I am not as creative as I would like […]
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  • Rough Story Draft April 15, 2019
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  • Create for the sake of creating April 15, 2019
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  • Let me tell you a tale April 15, 2019
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  • Send me a story with moving pictures April 15, 2019
    The narrative in the Marbet Hornets is very important to how the story is being told. The main narrative of the story is in text form on the video screen to give you background information as scenes pass by. I feel like the video scenes themselves are a secondary narrative because if you were to […]
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  • Week 12 April 15, 2019
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  • For Whom the Bells Troll April 12, 2019
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  • week 12 April 12, 2019
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  • Untitled April 9, 2019
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    When it comes to the creative process of writing a digital story there’s a few steps I like to take to make the process easier for myself. The steps I like to take are; pick a topic, research, free write a few sentences or more, write a rough draft, revise, edit and publish. As a […]
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