- Look at your assigned image very closely for at least 45 minutes.
- 2. Constantly referring back to the image, write out what you see. Note things that strike you as odd or interesting with particular care. Keep asking yourself if your description is as detailed and precise as possible. What are the exact colors, line qualities, architectural elements, etc?
- 3. Read back over your writing. Something unusual or meaningful should strike you. Formulate a one- or two-sentence statement —just for your own purposes —explaining what gives this aspect of your image particular power or interest. This is your working thesis statement.
- 4. Craft an outline that begins with a moving, intriguing description and builds toward your thesis statement towards the end. Think of constructing a scaffold for your reader that begins with easy steps of readily demonstrable observations —things your reader will effortlessly buy into — and climbs toward a surprising and unique interpretive conclusion, taking care to “bring the reader along” by providing convincing visual proofs of your claims along the way.
- 5. Write the draft of your paper following your outline.
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