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1 Research Paper Quotes Two Per Source Your Subject: Elie Wiesel Thesis Claim: Elie Wiesel was compelled to write his memoir Night as a result of the atrocities that he and his fellow Jews faced at the hands of the Nazi regime. While many may argue that surviving the Holocaust was the most challenging feat that he overcame, the more deep seated struggles came afterward. Nevertheless, he found the power within himself to overcome his personal tragedy with the world and provide a voice to the oppressed, revealing that one has a moral obligation to the victims of such tragedies and our collective memory. Source Type: preface to novel Source Author/Title/City Published/Publisher/Publication Date: Wiesel, Elie. Night. Ed. Marion Wiesel. New York: Hill and Wang, Print. Say Includes the Lead In Includes the Quote Itself Context (TLQ): Marion Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and political activist writes, For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time (xv). Page Number: xv Author: Marion Wiesel Forward to the New Translation Hill and Wang, Mean Is an analysis of the text This quote highlights the moral obligation victims have to tell their story to the rest of society. By remaining silent, the victims become another perpetrator in the cycle of hate. Mean is a rewording of the quote, not a repeating. It enlightens and clarifies the meaning, particularly as it relates to your thesis statement. Matter Is an analysis of the big issues Includes the real significance of the quote It further reveals how important it is for future generations to understand the past in order to improve the future. Without these stories, society remains ignorant to the evil man is capable of. Matter is the meat of your argument it analyzes, it digs with depth and perspective, relating how the quote proves your thesis. It is the author (you) synthesizing meaning of the quote and how it supports your argument.

2 Your Subject: (Novel s Title) Thesis Claim: Source Type: Source Author/Title/City Published/Publisher/Publication Date: Say Includes the Lead In Includes the Quote Itself Context (TLQ): Page Number: xv Author: Marion Wiesel Forward to the New Translation Hill and Wang, Mean Is an analysis of the text Mean is a rewording of the quote, not a repeating. It enlightens and clarifies the meaning, particularly as it relates to your thesis statement. Matter Is an analysis of the big issues Includes the real significance of the quote Matter is the meat of your argument it analyzes, it digs with depth and perspective, relating how the quote proves your thesis. It is the author (you) synthesizing meaning of the quote and how it supports your argument.

3 FOCUS: AUTHOR S LIFE AND INFLUENCE FOR WRITING NOVEL SAY MEAN MATTER 1 2. Author Website

4 FOCUS: HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE NOVEL (SAY) 3. THIS MUST RELATE OR HIGHLIGHT YOUR PROTAGONIST S STRUGGLE (MEAN) (MATTER) 4.

5 PROTAGONIST S STRUGGLE (SAY) Author Website In text Citation Form

6 DOES THE PROTAGONIST SUCCEED OR FAIL TO OVERCOME HIS STRUGGLE? WHY OR WHY NOT? (SAY) DOES THE PROTAGONIST SUCCEED OR FAIL TO OVERCOME HIS STRUGGLE? WHY OR WHY NOT? (MEAN) DOES THE PROTAGONIST SUCCEED OR FAIL TO OVERCOME HIS STRUGGLE? WHY OR WHY NOT? ( MATTER) 7. 8.

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