OUTLINE GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER
Background/Set up/”Hook”
Thesis sentence
J.K. Rowling uses the character of Mrs.
Weasley as a symbol
of mothers for all the children in the book.
I.
There are no other motherly figures (STATEMENT)
A. Aunt
Petunia is not maternal to anyone, and no one else has a mother (EVIDENCE)
B. Hermione’s
mother is never seen, Neville’s mother is in a nut house, Luna’s mother is dead(EVIDENCE)
C. The
other women are in no way maternal (EVIDENCE)
i.
Professor McGonagle
ii.
Bellatrix LeStrange
D. This
sets Mrs. Weasley apart as the only motherly woman in the whole series of books
(ANALYSIS)
II.
Mrs. Weasley does motherly things (STATEMENT)
A. She
is a housewife, and has no job (EVIDENCE)
B. She
cooks and cleans (EVIDENCE)
C. She
knits sweaters (EVIDENCE)
D. All
these skills are ones that a perfect mother would have, and even though Mrs.
Weasley is not perfect, the author gives her all these skills that an ideal
mother would have and that makes her the symbol mother of them all (ANALYSIS)
III.
Ron, Hermione and Harry all live with her at some point
(STATEMENT)
A. Ron
lives there and is her son; has brothers that all live there as well (EVIDENCE)
B. Hermione
seems to be there every summer (EVIDENCE)
C. Harry
always says he feels at home there, and wants to leave his actual home to go
there (EVIDENCE
D. By
providing the home for all the children, Mrs. Weasley becomes the mother for
them all (ANALYSIS)
IV. Conclusion
Re-State the evidence;
re-word your thesis!
Reminders:
- Roman
numerals must be arranged so that the periods align.
- Each
letter in second-level division is capitalized and followed by a period.
- Arabic
numbers in third-level divisions are followed by a period.
- The
first word in headings and subheadings begin with uppercase letters and
other words (except proper nouns) begin with lowercase letters.
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