The CEA analytical paragraph — Claim / Evidence / Analysis

Cold call: what's the difference between SUMMARY and ANALYSIS?

• Press for: summary = what the text SAYS; analysis = what the text DOES with language and WHY
• Connect to today's CEA

Today we learn the central analytical move of the term: the CEA PARAGRAPH. CEA stands for CLAIM / EVIDENCE / ANALYSIS. Last term you learned the quote sandwich — signal phrase, quote, citation, interpretive sentence. CEA EXTENDS that work into a full analytical paragraph. The quote sandwich is the EVIDENCE move INSIDE CEA. CEA adds CLAIM (the analytical sub-claim that the paragraph proves) and ANALYSIS (3-4 sentences explaining HOW the evidence supports the claim). CLAIM: one analytical sub-claim, more specific than the thesis. EVIDENCE: a quoted phrase from the text, integrated with the quote-sandwich. ANALYSIS: 3-4 sentences explaining what the language is DOING — naming diction, syntax, imagery, tone. Without ANALYSIS, you have only summary. Let's co-construct one. I'll model the CLAIM (I do). We'll co-write the EVIDENCE (we do). You'll write the ANALYSIS (you do).

• Notice the claim is NOT 'this paragraph is about silence' — that's a topic. The claim ASSERTS.

  model 'Angelou transforms silence from an abstract emotion into a physical presence through concrete diction and syntactic compression.' The claim asserts something specific.

  prompt I do — write a CLAIM about Angelou's 'silence' passage.
• We're using the G7-fall move INSIDE the new structure.

  model 'For instance, the narrator describes "a silence so dense it became a presence in the room" (Angelou 47).' Signal phrase + quote + citation = quote sandwich.

  prompt We do — what's the EVIDENCE? Choose a phrase from the passage.
• Analysis NAMES the moves — diction connotation, personification, sentence length. It goes BEYOND restating.

  model 'The word "dense" carries a connotation of physical weight — silence as something that takes up space. The metaphor "a presence" personifies the silence, giving it the capacity to be in a room. The sentence's length amplifies this: by the time we reach "presence," the silence has accumulated through every preceding word. This concrete diction transforms what could have been an abstract emotional state into an embodied experience.'

  prompt You do — write the ANALYSIS. What does the language DO?

• Pair-share: write one analysis sentence about another phrase in the passage.
• Cold Call: define CLAIM, EVIDENCE, ANALYSIS in your own words.
• Thumbs: I can distinguish analysis from restating (up) / I need re-explanation (down)

M-7-S-WR-07-A Chart

MG-4 CEA analytical-paragraph anchor displayed: 3-part stacked card with Claim (purple) / Evidence (blue) / Analysis (green) and sentence-frame starters. Worked Angelou example printed below. Print-ready 11x17.

MG-4 Chart Physical / non-image

CEA analytical-paragraph anchor: 3-part stacked card. CLAIM (top, purple): one analytical sub-claim, more specific than the thesis, that the paragraph will prove. Sentence frame: 'Angelou's diction in this passage reveals ___.' EVIDENCE (middle, blue): a quoted phrase or sentence from the text, integrated with a signal phrase and parenthetical citation (G7-fall quote-sandwich pattern). Sentence frame: 'For instance, the speaker calls the room "___" (Angelou 47).' ANALYSIS (bottom, green): 3-4 sentences explaining HOW the evidence supports the claim by naming what the language is doing. NOT summary. Names diction, syntax, imagery, tone — the moves from Pass 2. Sentence frames: 'The word "___" carries a connotation of ___, which ___.' / 'By choosing "___" instead of "___", Angelou ___.' / 'This diction shows that ___.' Bottom rule: 'Without ANALYSIS, you have only summary. Analysis is the work.' Print-ready 11x17.

• Choose a second phrase from the Angelou passage. Write a CEA paragraph independently using the graphic organizer.

  scaffold MG-4 CEA anchor + graphic organizer + sentence-frame starters
• Peer-exchange: read your partner's CEA paragraph. Underline the CLAIM in purple, EVIDENCE in blue, ANALYSIS in green. Are all three present?

  scaffold 3-color highlighter set

• Write the ANALYSIS portion of a CEA paragraph (3 sentences) for this evidence: '"The silence had a weight that pressed against the windows" (Angelou 48).' Name what the language is DOING — go beyond restating.

• Restate: CEA = Claim + Evidence + Analysis; without ANALYSIS it's summary
• Preview tomorrow's phrase-type taxonomy

• Write a complete CEA paragraph on a passage from Cisneros's 'My Name.' Choose your own evidence.