ENG 1100 Lecture 3: Class 3 Note - Going About Persuasive Essays
11 Jul 2016
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Analytical / argumentative / persuasive essays: analytical / argumentative / persuasive , a- argument (topic sentence, r- reasons, e- evidence, n- names (authority, n- numbers, s- senses, first 3 are mandatory in all essays. Journalists ask many questions about any subject they are going to write about: This is not a bad way to approach an essay: Always ask questions of your topic, ask questions of your thesis (is it working) If you are well-informed on your subject, you can argue with good authority. How something works: description - giving details about a person or thing. Physical details (what meets the eye), abstract details (what doesn"t, what is signi cant that you cannot see: narration, division & classi cation (separating ideas into groups/themes) !1: comparison & contrast - using one thing to get a better idea of another, de nition - there are often many meanings to words / phrases, properly.
