EXAMPLE of a TIQA style paragraph from "To Build a Fire" by Jack London

• Topic Sentence: In "To Build a Fire," the man dies in the cold of the Yukon because he is too foolish to listen to those who know more than him.

• Introduce Quote: When the man is remembering the words of the old timer at Sulphur Creek, he says

• Quote: "those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought."

• Analysis: This shows that the man does not respect those that have been in the area longer than he has. He insults the knowledge of those with more experience. He will later come to see how truly foolish his words were.

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Student examples of TIQA style paragraphs:

• From Twilight: Edward shows that he is truly the good guy. When Bella asks why Edward kills animals instead of humans, he replies, "I don"t want to be a monster." The fact that Edward doesn"t kill innocent people, and the fact that he wants to be the best that he can possibly be in his situation, shows that he has a good heart, and that he is really the good guy.

• From Breaking Dawn: Bella shows that she"s loves her Baby, she says, "The baby is suffocating, Get him OUT! He can"t BREATHE! Do it NOW!" This shows that even though Bella was going through tons of pain, it was important to her that her baby stayed safe.

• From Fallen Angels: Perry joined the army at age 22 and has been frightened of death since he was 16. The first day of battle, Perry had two friends die and when they died they both told him that there was one important thing for hm to do. They said to Perry, "Take my tags and my letters and make sure they get to my family." This never happened because Perry died three weeks later on his way to Hawaii.

• From Skate: Ian helps his little brother out. Ian goes to the store to buy food for Sammy. He shows this when he says, "I put a box of tuna helper, a can of tuna, and a Mountain Dew on the counter." It shows that he cares about his little brother. He shows this by buying him a soda pop and food.

• From "The Tell Tale Heart": The man in "The Tell Tale Heart" is crazy. We know this because he says "You fancy me mad, madmen know nothing!" This proves that he is crazy because he denies it. He also chopped up a man just because he didn"t like the eye the old man had. And only madmen could chop up a dead person and put the remains under the floorboards.

• From "The Tell Tale Heart": The man thinks and feels like the old man"s eye is haunting him. In the beginning of the story the man explains why he hates the old man. He says "for his gold I have no desire. I think it was his eye." This shows that the man thinks the only way to rid the evil eye from the world is to kill the old man.

• From "The Tell-Tale Heart": The madman thinks and feels like the old man"s eye is haunting him. In the beginning of the story, the man explains why the guy hates the old man. He says,"For his gold I had no desire, I think it was his eye." This shows that the man thinks the only way to rid the evil eye is to kill the old man.

• From "The Tell Tale Heart": The man soon figured out the lying wont help solve any of the problems before him. When the police came, he lied, but then couldn"t handle it after making the lie, and he says "No doubt I grew very pale--but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice." He can"t handle the lies and figures out that lying won"t help his problem out, and the only way out is honesty.

• From "The Tell-Tale Heart": The man admits he killed another man because he can"t handle the guilt of taking away someone"s life. When he hears the heart of the old man, even after he died, he cant take any more, and says "Dissemble no more! A admit to the deep! Tear up the planks!--Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!" This shows that he has done something wrong, and he can not handle the guilt he is receiving from that.