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Textual Analysis Essay Outline I. Introduction • HOOK: One might wonder what it is like to suffer from bipolar disorder. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ • BACKGROUND/HISTORY/INTRODUCTION OF PRIMARY SOURCE: Ellen Forney does the best way possible to describe it using graphic interpretations in her short story. The story is titled Excerpt from Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me. _____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ • THESIS STATEMENT: One might ask what the story is about. The story is about a young woman who is suffering from bipolar disorder and is seeing a psychiatrist. It starts off by introducing the conflict, then the protagonist tells her back stories, finally, it wraps up with the conclusion the protagonist realizes. ________________________________________________________________________ _______________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. II. Body Paragraph One • TOPIC SENTENCE: The story starts off by the author introducing the conflict. ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 1: The protagonist is seeing a psychiatrist and she says, “On my second visit, the doctor had news for me.” ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 2: The doctor and the protagonist take a look at her symptoms together._________________________________________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 3: As they are looking at her symptoms, she comes across the part that states

about a period of an abnormal and irritable mood lasting about a week. This is the part where she says, “A week? I’d been feeling great for months. ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • TRANSITION: _The author moves on to tell the first stage of her back story. ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. III. Body Paragraph Two • TOPIC SENTENCE: _She comes across a symptom that consists of inflated self-esteem and grandiosity. ________________________________________________________________________ __________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 1: For instance, there was a time where she imagined herself at a party and Madonna was there and she would not have been intimidated at all. ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 2: There is another instance where she gets out of bed feeling well rested with only four hours of sleep. ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 3: There is another instance where she is insanely more talkative than usual. ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • TRANSITION: The author moves on to tell the second stage of her back story.___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. IV. Body Paragraph Three • TOPIC SENTENCE: The author’s second stage involves having an insane amount of obsession for pleasurable activities. ________________________________________________________________________

___________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 1: For instance, there is a scene where she flirts with the wall thinking it would be funny.__________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 2: She quotes “I found strangers fascinating, like presents to open.” This is when she is hitting on a male store owner. ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • SUPPORT 3: There is another instance where she and another lady are sitting naked in a sauna and she questions the lady about her sexual orientation. ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________. • TRANSITION: _The story moves on to a conclusion.______________________________________________________________ _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________.

VI. Conclusion: _Towards the end of the story, the protagonist realizes a conclusion. The phrase “YOU ARE CRAZY” pops into her head. Finally, she goes on to talk about different types of depression for educational purposes. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

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