Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun

Key Skills Assignment Three (KSA3): Theoretical Interpretative Response

Response Paragraph Employing the Components of the Three-“I”d Monster

· Type using MLA format

· Key Skills Assignment Three consists of a body paragraph that includes all three parts (the three "I"s) that we discussed in class: Idea, Illustration, and Interpretation. Choose your strongest topic sentence to use as your idea for this paragraph. Then illustrate your idea, which simply means that you need to provide an example that points back to your idea about your sign. Finally, do some analysis of your idea. In other words, interpret your idea. This last part should make up the bulk of your paragraph. To clarify:

· Include a strong claim or IDEA (S-S-S): Identify your sign; indicate a highly specific signal; point to reason(s) why that particular message matters in our present moment; announce why it carries import in its unique cultural and historical circumstances.

· Back it up with evidence or ILLUSTRATION: Provide solid pieces of evidence in support of the idea; offer concrete, relevant examples that confirm the link between the sign and your theoretical claim about the sign.

· Clarify the relevance of your sign and your theory about your sign: Unpack the meaning of the sign in light of the evidentiary support; create a full-blown case for the theoretical assertion in the idea; articulate the complex argument that confirms the persuasiveness of the claim.

· Turn in this assignment electronically via CourseDen prior to the beginning of class AND bring a hard copy to class on the due date. See your course calendar for due dates. The course calendar is available by clicking on your course and section number via my faculty profile page OR through my website.