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Writing Skills. Progress Made & The Final Essay. Progress. Thesis Statements placed correctly in introductions Thesis phrasings are improved Provide a general argument Provides an outline of essay Supportive Quotes and evidence are relevant Following Thesis arguments THROUGHOUT essay
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Writing Skills Progress Made & The Final Essay
Progress • Thesis Statements placed correctly in introductions • Thesis phrasings are improved • Provide a general argument • Provides an outline of essay • Supportive Quotes and evidence are relevant • Following Thesis arguments THROUGHOUT essay • Few contractions or personal pronouns used • Using less vague language (very, good, thing, etc)
Improvement Needed • Creating contention in Thesis Statements • NEED originality, justification or insightfulness • Thorough ANALYSIS Showing HOW quotes and evidence proves your thesis • Use PRESENT tense consistently KEEP WORKING AT IT!
Final Essay Summary-Response
Purpose of Summary-Response • Most common paper in college • Cross-curricular assignment • English, History, Social Science, Philosophy, Business, Science, Math, etc. • Proves you can READ, WRITE and ultimately THINK critically about another’s argument regardless of whether you go on to college or not • In other words, you consider carefully what others argue NOT just blindly accept what they say
Skills used in a Summary-Response • Practice ACTIVEreading • Comprehend & Analyze the argument & supporting ideas • Learn to summarize adeptly • Articulate argument clearly & succinctly • Evaluate the validity of an author’s argument • Think critically about WHAT they say as well as HOW they say it • Strengthen YOUR writing voice by engaging with another author • Strengthen your thesis statement and critical analysis