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A refresher course in Writing

A refresher course in Writing . Writing with purpose 101. Hook. 1. Start with a personal anecdote. “I kneel in the muskeg, bucket between my legs, cushion of sphagnum moss crimson beneath my rubber boots.” 2. Inform your reader.

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A refresher course in Writing

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  1. A refresher course in Writing Writing with purpose 101

  2. Hook 1. Start with a personal anecdote. “I kneel in the muskeg, bucket between my legs, cushion of sphagnum moss crimson beneath my rubber boots.” 2. Inform your reader. “In 1993, life began to change for the young women of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico” 3. Appeal to a universal experience. “It is not easy to love people when they’re lovable. It’s harder when they’re not.” 4. Start with a quote. • “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” --F. Scott Fitzgerald 5. Be direct and blunt. “Women have never been treated as equal to men.” When any of these suggestions make sure your hook is relevant and appropriate to the topic of your essay.

  3. Thesis AN EXPOSITORY ESSAY MUST HAVE A THESIS STATEMENT! • SO, what is a THESIS STATEMENT? The sentence (or two) that state(s) the one main idea for the whole essay is called the thesis statement. • So in a nutshell, the thesis statement: • states the purpose of the whole essay. • makes clear what aspects of the topic the writer will discuss. • reminds the writer to keep the main idea throughout the essay. • A THESIS STATEMENT must be arguable, meaning it must be an opinion that can be backed up with evidence.

  4. Main Idea • The main idea of a paragraph is called the topic sentence. The topic sentence is a debatable claim that requires relevant support or evidence.

  5. Evidence • After the main idea (the topic sentence) is stated, relevant evidence must be provided to support the debatable claim made in the topic sentence. The primary tools of evidence in rhetorical construction are definitions, examples, and opposing views. Evidence should be relevant and directly support the writer’s topic sentence and the thesis statement for the essay.

  6. Analysis • Following the evidence, the writer must provide an analysis of the evidence that has been provided. Analysis is the writer’s evaluation, interpretation, judgment, or conclusion of how the evidence supports the paragraph’s main idea or topic. The writer should never expect the audience to interpret the evidence provided.

  7. LINK • The final sentence or sentences of the paragraph link the current paragraph’s main idea to the main idea in the next paragraph.

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