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In-class Essays

In-class Essays. Step-By-Step Tutorial. Introduction. Attention Grabber: Create a sentence that contains the topic of the essay. Ideas: Real life being flawed, perfection, good vs. evil vs reality. Your Thesis : Write your thesis as the second sentence.

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In-class Essays

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  1. In-class Essays Step-By-Step Tutorial

  2. Introduction • Attention Grabber: Create a sentence that contains the topic of the essay. • Ideas: Real life being flawed, perfection, good vs. evil vs reality. • Your Thesis:Write your thesis as the second sentence. • Rationale: When writing an in-class essay, you don’t usually have time to get super fancy. Get to the point without missing the details that matter.

  3. Counter Argument (Body Paragraph Part 1) • Counter-argument: In one sentence, state the opposite idea of your position/thesis. • Background to the Quote: • 1stSentence: Quick summary of the story. • 2nd and 3rd Sentence: Describe the specific situation from which your quote came. End with introducing the quote. • Example:…and the clerk John said, “- - - - -” (Chaucer line ##). • Quote: Enter your quote properly with in-text citation. • Analysis: How does this quote show that the counter-argument is legitimate?

  4. Main Argument (Body Paragraph Part 2) • Main Argument: State that the counter-argument is weak and restate what you believe is true. • Background to the Quote: • 1st Sentence: Quick summary of the story. • 2nd and 3rd Sentence: Describe the specific situation from which your quote came. End with introducing the quote. • Example:…and the clerk John said, “- - - - -” (Chaucer line ##). • Quote: Enter your quote properly with in-text citation. • Analysis: How does this quote support your main argument and show that it is more correct than the counter-argument?

  5. Conclusion • Restate your thesis/position. • A.) Flip your thesis so that the reason is first and the opinion/answer is second. OR • B.) Use a transitional phrase to reintroduce your thesis. Find a way to rephrase the thesis so it doesn’t look exactly the same. • Review the evidence:In 2 sentence maximum, review the evidence you just introduce and why those pieces were important. • Closing sentence: Use the idea you introduced in your hook. How did your essay just solve the problem or address the issue you said in that opening sentence?

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