Dust Essay Outline Mr. Post

Name______Date______Dust Essay Outline Mr. Post

Directions: For this project you are going to take a poem from Out of the Dust and write an essay in which you explain the poem in depth (what it is about, emotional and historical information in the poem, and poetry devices used). You are then going to present your assigned poem and essay to the class. Below is a detailed outline for your presentation essay. For each body paragraph, space has been provided to write your topic sentence for that paragraph and for the body of that paragraph. Poem title: ______Page #______Introduction: Begin with a brief introduction that introduces the novel/author and Billie Jo, provides a brief plot summary focusing on information that is important to understanding your poem and ends by telling the reader what poem you are writing about (the thesis statement). ______Thesis Statement:______Body Paragraph #1: Explain what your poem is about: What is happening in this poem? How do the events in this poem connect with what has already happened in the novel and Billie Jo’s life? Topic Sentence: ______Body:______Depending on the poem you are working on, you might little information to fill in for the “emotion” paragraph, but a lot for the “historical” paragraph, little historical, but a lot for emotion, or a decent amount of information for each.

Body Paragraph #2: What is going on emotionally in the poem? In other words, what thoughts and feelings of Billie Jo’s are being expressed in the poem and what are these feelings reactions to? Explain and support with evidence from the poem. Topic Sentence: ______Body: ______Body paragraph #3: What historical information is included in this poem? Explain and support. Topic Sentence: ______Body: ______Body Paragraph #4: What poetry devices (particularly stanza, alliteration, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, repetition, and onomatopoeia) can be found in this poem? Write out your examples. Topic Sentence: ______Body: ______Don’t forget to finish with a short conclusion.