A Friend, Or A Fow? The Confusing Case of Steve Harmon. Imagine it’s the 22nd of December, a few days before Christmas, and you receive the gift of a family member, friend, or spouse being murdered. Unfortunately, this is something the Nesbitt family doesn’t have to imagine, which is completely unjust. This is the story of the death of Mr. Nesbitt and the journey to bring the perpetrators to justice, a story in the book, “Monster”, by Walter Dean Myers.
Throughout the course of the year in Lit/Writing I have grown as a writer as I have learned how to write clear and concise thesis statements and select relevant evidence. One way in which my writing has improved is through the conciseness and clearness of my thesis statements, as I now incorporate more detail into my thesis, while keeping it unambiguous. In the short story summative assessment for “The Scarlet Ibis,” my thesis statement lacks a lot of information. It goes as follows, “In the short story ‘The Scarlet Ibis,’ James Hurst uses indirect characterization through the narrator to show that pride can override and take over one’s conscience.”
It contains the introduction paragraph, that must include a hook that grabs the attention of the readers, a thesis statement and a preview of the three arguments that you will be discussing in the body paragraphs, the three body paragraphs, containing the topic sentence that states the argument for each paragraph, the supporting points or examples and an explanation as to how this example supports your thesis statement, and the concluding paragraph which includes a restatement of the thesis, a summary of the main topic and arguments (1). The five-paragraph essay was designed for an experiment at an open junior college in Georgia, for inexperienced writers. At first the students who used this format of essay writing excelled on their SATs. But as the years went on, other students and institutions caught on to this format and began to use this it as well. This caused the inexperienced writers who were excelling to drop back down to their original position (2).
1. Introduction The introduction will consist of the thesis statement delivered from the theme put across by the two writers. 2. Body Paragraph
As our final assignment for cornerstone we were tasked with revising our rhetorical analysis. I received a B, 81%, and by the end of my revisions have “A” quality work. During recent assignments and papers for other classes I realized the thesis was one of the first few sentences in the paper. As I was reading my paper I noticed that the purpose of the author writing this wasn 't until almost halfway into the first paragraph.
The best example of me supporting my thesis was in the non fiction piece I had wrote about Michael Jordan. The way I wrote it was I described him during his whole life and then talked about his main career and how he became a legend and how everyone started to like him. The reason this was the best because the way I had brought the thesis into the story and then described it was good because there was a flow and it all made sense. A good point I did was right after I gave a little talk about him I went straight into the first paragraph talking about how his earlier life and what he did in the past. The story had a a flow because it went from the past to his best moments and how he got to where he is now and then it went to his current life.
Thesis Statement (Main Argument/Preview of Points): Outlines your argument/theme. Law should usually be followed, but there are certain circumstances such as if you love someone, a law crosses your morals and if the law is unfair or unequal. BODY PARAGRAPH #1: This first paragraph should focus on how conflicts support theme. I. Topic Sentence: States the literary element and introduces how it supports your theme.
The authors of the textbook, The Norton Field Guide to Writing, and Readings and Handbook, address the area of guiding your reader on pages 344-349.The text goes over how to develop a title, thesis statement, topic sentences and transitions. Writing the title consist of hinting about the text and to make it provoking to the reader. The thesis statement is especially important because it summarizes the main point or ideas of the text. The topic sentence is very similar to the thesis statement. The difference is that the topic sentence summarizes the paragraph that it is in.
Throughout a student’s academic career they will find that they will be expected to write an essay and be able to effectively back up their claims; a feat many students struggle with. However, there is an extremely important section of an academic essay which helps to structure the entire essay and is used to state and back up a claim, called a thesis statement. When writing a thesis statement there are two main characteristics that the sentence must adhere to; it must be debatable and the topic must be narrowed down. As stated in OWL’s article, “Developing Strong Thesis Statements”, in an argumentative essay, all thesis statements must be debatable as this is the base of your argument.
Reflections In English comp 1 with Ms. Ohmes we learned about how to write a good fair summary along with a thesis statement. On top of how to correctly revise an essay with good body paragraphs. What all need to be in a fair summary, a thesis statement, also the body paragraphs. I also learned how to organize a paragraph and be descriptive in the paragraphs.
Are you prepared to make a statement? Are you ready to pull at your audience's heartstrings? Are your ready to appeal to a group of people who are different than you and think differently than you? If you are ready to help someone discover their inner power by making them think critically, then you have the right mindset when it comes to writing an argumentative essay! When forming the argument you will need a concrete thesis statement.
A thesis needs to have an argument, and key words to describe what the body paragraphs talk about, but it also should be interesting and direct since that one sentence determine the whole structure of the essay. In other words, the thesis is the image of the essay, and we want the people to read it, understand
I received a 23/35 on my final essay, which is making me nervous since was aiming for a paper that achieves good grade. Also, comparing it to marks that I have gotten in this class which are wonderful, is making me anxious. I am writing to let you know that, in my opinion I feel that I should deserve a higher mark on my essay. This is because my paper links to the course theme from the textbook. My paper has a thesis statement of what the paper will argue and I have a road map on what my paper will argue.
Nothing connected to thesis in some paragraphs. My best paper would be the literary research paper because I put in the most time and effort to it. I have came to class and did work. Did some work at home also which was the reason I turned it on time. Everything connects to the thesis statement and the topic sentences were present.
After I read a comment from the teacher, I saw many mistakes that my group make on assignment #4, specially, a thesis statement. I learned from this comment that the last sentence of induction should be the thesis statement. In addition, the thesis statement needs to have a main point/ assertion and then the three mains points that became to the three bodies paragraph for the essay. Without a clear thesis, the reader are confusing and guessing what do they read all the time. An essay need to focus on main topic, I need to choose one or two areas to discussing/ providing those in the body of my essay, and I need to avoid discuss everything surrounding the topic.
