Isabella Gould

Expository Writing
Ms. Johnson
May 5, 3017

The Great Gatsby Essay Self-Assessment

Literary Analysis Research Paper

1. Write a brief summary describing the main point of your essay.

The main point of my essay was that The Great Gatsby was a satire and not a romance. The narrator
points out the characters vices, exaggerates scenes, and pokes fun at different charaters.

2. Is your thesis strong? Why or why not?

I think it is mediocre, I need to elaborate more. I need to work on explaining how/why this is a satire
and make it a very strong point in my essay. It could be improved to support my essay, and to help set
up the body paragraphs of my essay.

3. What is the most well-developed part of your essay? Explain why its so fantastic.
I think that my body paragraph about the new woman was the most well-developed. I worked towards
strengthening my points and organizing it. I believe it gives the reader a strong idea about flappers and
scandal in the 1920s.

4. How do you transition and tie your ideas together?

My transition lead each paragraph to the next. I could have put a tiny bit of the next paragraph in each
but I tried to end each paragraph in a way that alluded to the next.

5. Why should the reader believe what you have to say? What makes you reliable?
The reader should believe what I have to say because I have read the book, shown my research and
facts to them, and provided them with relevant information. I am reliable because I have researched the
book, satires, and have written a well-developed essay.

6. How does your conclusion tie up your main ideas? How does it leave the reader thinking?
My conclusion reiterates what I stated in my main body paragraphs. It uses my thesis, and
recaps on some of my main points/supporting points. It leaves the reader thinking that instead of this
book being a romance, it is indeed a satire.