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Once you find reasons, add details from the story to support your reasons.
Goal:
Goal:
If you back up your claim with reasons, you're off to a good start. Your essay will be even better, though, if you add details to support your reasons. Adding these details--such as examples of what the characters in each story did and said--will also make your essay more interesting to read. (Your teacher, at least, will thank you for that!)
Use these questions to think about the kinds of details that can be used to support reasons.
Which details could be used to back up this reason: Ilsabill in "The Fisherman and His Wife" is greedy for power.
- Ilsabill demands that the fish give her first a cottage, then a castle, then a kingdom and an empire.
- Ilsabill always waits for her husband in her new home, instead of going with him to ask the fish for more.
- Ilsabill is so greedy that she isn't satisfied with anything she gets but wants more.
The correct answer provides a list of examples from the story that support the reason by illustrating Ilsabill's greed for power.
The correct answer provides a list of examples from the story that support the reason by illustrating Ilsabill's greed for power.
The correct answer provides a list of examples from the story that support the reason by illustrating Ilsabill's greed for power.
Which details provide the best example of this reason: Both stories have characters who are not greedy?
- The tailor is is the goldsmith's friend and traveling companion.
- The tailor says "I have enough and I am satisfied."
- The fisherman returns to the seashore again and again.
The correct answer provides a direct quote from a character, showing that he is not greedy.
The correct answer provides a direct quote from a character, showing that he is not greedy.
The correct answer provides a direct quote from a character, showing that he is not greedy.
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What details from the story "The Fisherman and His Wife" support the claim, The magical beings in the stories get mad when the characters act greedy?