• For the ONE prompt you chose, answer the EXACT question that the
prompt asks.
• Create a thesis statement from ONE of these prompts. Be sure the thesis statement
answers the EXACT question that the prompt asks. Please underline your thesis
statement.
• Use direct quotes from BOTH “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison AND “Black
Writing, White Reading: Race and the Politics of Feminist Interpretation” by
Elizabeth Abel to prove your thesis. You MUST use at least two quotes for each
body paragraph. (Do NOT paraphrase or summarize.)
• Use in-text citations and create a works cited page.
• Use a minimum of 1000 words (and a maximum of 1200 words).
• Type the paper (Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced, and 1-inch
margins).
Outline Template
What does Maggie symbolize in “Recitatif” by Tony Morrison?
I. Introduction
A. Thesis Statement: In “Recitatif” Maggie symbolizes an outsider.
II. Body Paragraph 1: In “Recitatif” Maggie is not being claimed as a black or white person.
Quote #1: ‘Maggie is not “raced” to Twyla (that is, she is by default white); to Roberta, she is black” (Able, 472).
Quote #2: “She wasn’t pitch-black, I knew, or I would have remembered that.” ( Morrison,17).
Paragraph 2: In “Recitatif” Maggie is being bullied by older girls in the shelter.
Quote #1: “And the big girls laughed at her. We should have helped her up, I know, but we were scared of those girls with lipstick and eyebrow pencil” ( Morrison, 2).
Quote#2: “But what about if somebody tries to kill her?” (Morrison , 3).
Paragraph 3: In “Recitatif” Maggie symbolize the potential for cruelty and a tendency to dehumanize the other person.
Quote#1: “I really wanted them to hurt her” (Morrison, 19).
Quote#2: “For both girls a hated reminder of their unresponsive mothers” (Able , 472).
in“Black Writing, White Reading: Race and the Politics of Feminist Interpretation” by Elizabeth Abel pages only 470-477 also it has to be analysis before the quote your own words , and after the quotes need to explain.
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