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Calkins, Lucy, 1951-

The literary essay : writing about fiction / Lucy Calkins, Kathleen Tolan, and Alexandra Marron ; photography by Peter Cunningham. - ix, 190 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm

Close reading can be a way to generate ideas about a text -- By studying characters, people develop ideas about stories -- Elaborating on written ideas using conversational prompts -- Finding and testing a thesis -- Using stories as evidence -- Citing textual evidence -- Using lists as evidence -- Putting it all together -- Writing to discover what a story is really about -- Adding complexity to our ideas -- Writing flash-drafts of literary essays -- Beginnings and endings -- Using descriptions of an author's craft as evidence -- Editing -- Building the muscles to compare and contrast -- Using the lenses of comparing and contrasting to become more thoughtful readers of familiar texts -- Using yesterday's learning, today and always -- Stretching out our essays like we stretched out our narratives -- Exploring commas -- A celebration.

ISBN: 9780325047393 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0325047391 690,000

LCCN: 2012050695

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Literature--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Literature--History and criticism--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Fiction--History and criticism--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Essay--Authorship.

LC Class. No.: LB1575 / .C24 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 372.64