Thursday, August 28, 2014

How We Start This Darn Essay?

1.  Breaking Down the Prompt:  Highlight and Label the 3 things that are needed to pass the essay according to the directions.
2.  On the prompt:  Identify Subject:
3.  On the Prompt:  Write Your Thesis

Now you know what you are going to write about and what you will strive to prove and the three things you have to do in the paper in order to prove it.

Inverted Triangle Format Intro:  Here is the formula to write a great, simple intro paragraph in three minutes.

1.  2-3 general statements about the subject.
2.  2-3 more specific statements about the subject + the literature being referred to + the author.
3.  Thesis statement.

Inverted Triangle Intro Power Point

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