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These models should assist you in forming good research
that are aided by CAL techniques. The movies model how to invent
theses (claims) to write about, and also how to use CAL to aid in
close reading. Below the movies and the methods models is a site
that generates MLA citations for your Works Cited.

The Movies!

Close Reading and CAL (movie/quiz1)   Definitions

Difference: Topic or Thesis? (movie/quiz2)   Definitions

CAL helps search Huck Finn (movie/quiz3)   Word Use

CAL helps search Wells' Time Machine (movie/quiz4) Influence

CAL helps search Carroll's Alice (movie/quiz5) Invent Thesis

CAL helps search Doyle's S. Holmes (movie/quiz6) Ideology

CAL helps search Stoker's Dracula (movie) Char. Speech

           GUIDE TO CAL PROGRAMS   Reference

Essay Models Using CAL:

Please note that all the data gathering below can also
be done manually--just takes much longer.

Ideas for Essay Theses That Only Use WORD search
MSWORD

Trace a List of Words in a Novel
Word Search or VBPro

Compare How Characters Use Words
Talktag then JRAfetch

Ways to Use a Concordance to Analyze Texts
Concordance

Concept Mapping and How This Helps to Find a Thesis
Explanation

Example of Making a Concept Map by Hand
Exercise for Practice

Forensic CAL solves Criminal Cases
Beyond the Literary, There's Courtroom CAL

Help for MLA citations!

Instant citation helper for MLA Citations

Fill-In Templates

• ESSAY 1 TEMPLATE:(Organize your thesis and supports!)
• ESSAY 2 TEMPLATE:(Create text-in-context thesis!)

Glossaries of Literary Criticism Terms

Please use these web sites when you encounter
some term that baffles you in reading a critic's
analysis of some text.

         Glossary of Literary Terms

         U Toronto Glossary of Literary Criticism Terms

        Johns Hopkins Historical Guide ot Lit. Crit. Theory