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“A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out” (Woolf, 1925). Though not put quite this way, what I took away from the Read assignment (Bethel University, 2014) was how to write a well written essay and achieve “[the] curtain that shuts us in not out [type of essay].” The Read assignment first addresses the introduction and thesis statement. A well written introduction and thesis statement should be appealing and compel the reader to want to read more, not lose interest and stop without going further. This is accomplished by first making clear what the topic is; it may also provide the authors position, opinion, or attitude (Bethel University,
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