ENG 1100 Lecture 3: Arrangement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Lia Marie Talia

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It determines how people perceive the paper that is written. Description, narration, process analysis, definition, etc. should all conform to the thesis. You must decide how to arrange your sections. The decision is a rhetorical one because you must choose the most persuasive arrangement for your ideas. They work with methods of development to make meaning. If you were trying to argue that nuclear energy stations should be abolished, you might begin with a description to outline why these stations are dangerous. They should do not more than just begin a paper, to hook the interest and imagination of the reader. Tell them a little bit more about the topic or subject of your paper. You want to establish a rapport with your reader in this initial stage of paper. Increased understanding of your position and of confirmation of your assertion. Topic sentences are statements of central ideas that you develop within the paragraph that follows.