PowerPoint Format

Number of Slides: 4-7

Slide #1 Introduction

* Title (Can be the same one you used for your essay)

* Picture of author

* 1-4 words to remind you of how you want to capture your

audience’s attention and assert your thesis

(THIS SLIDE SHOULD CAPTURE YOUR AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION

AND MAKE YOUR MAIN ASSERTION WHICH IS THE STATEMENT

OF THESIS FROM YOUR ESSAY)

Slide #2 * Body Paragraph #1***BIOGRAPHY

* Picture which relates to author’s life

* Few words to remind you of what you want to say

about your author’s life

Slide #3 * Body Paragraph #2****SUMMARY OF LITERARY WORK

& CORRELATION TO AUTHOR’S LIFE

* Picture which relates to the work

* Few words to remind you of what you want to say about the

literature

* Statement of theme is included on this slide

Slide #4 * Body Paragraph #3*** GENTLE WOMAN

* Picture which relates to author as a gentle woman according

to the one trait you have chosen to describe her

* Few words to remind you of why you believe her to be

a gentle woman

Slide #5 Conclusion

* Restate your assertion (THESIS STATEMENT)

* Use of a calming picture to conclude

* Few words to remind you of how you will summarize what

you said about her life, her literary work, and your belief

on how she presented herself as a gentle woman.

* ACTION STEP SHOULD BE A RESTATEMENT OF THE CORRELATION

BETWEEN THE AUTHOR’S LIFE AND HOW IT INFLUENCED

HER WRITING. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEA OF

THE PRESENTATION.

Time Allotment: 3-5 minutes